[Spridgets] I'm pissed - No LBC

[brian S]

Just an FYI for all,

I guess Canada thinks it's system is broken too.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100531/hl_nm/us_health_3


Brian S.
Bugeyeracer finally resto'ed!



> Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 10:31:23 -0500
> From: bmwwxman at gmail.com
> To: soavero at yahoo.com
> CC: spridgets at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] I'm pissed - No LBC
>
> It is broken in the other direction too.  My daughter runs the OB-GYN of a
> large hospital outside of Atlanta.  Her annual premium for malpractice is
> over $80K.  She takes home about $25K after the malpractice premium. She
> says it is a racket but after 2 lawsuits she doesn't dare *not* carry the
> insurance.  A lot of people think the doctors and nurses are getting all
> that money.  They aren't.  It's the insurance companies and most especially
> the lawyers.
>
> Also, if you need emergency (immediate) care, remember that you are paying
> for not only your treatment but the treatment of several other people as
> well. They are the people who don't use a primary care physician. When they
> need treatment for whatever they go straight to the immediate care facility
> (ER or whatever). They have no insurance even if they could afford it and
no
> savings. They know that the law says the facility cannot turn them away and
> that YOU will pay for them.
>
> That's how the politicians (mostly lawyers) solved the healthcare problem
> the last time they touched it. IE they take the money out of your pocket if
> you are a hard working responsible citizen. That's also why a lot of us are
> scared as we wait to see what they've done to us this time!
>
> I saw a great bumper sticker the other day. "Please don't tell my family
I'm
> a lawyer. They think I'm a piano player in a whore house."
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:04 PM, Ron Soave <soavero at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Just got a bill for a 1 hour visit to an immediate care facility for
> > diverticulitis. $4500. I questioned everything they did at the time and
> > asked for cost (they had no idea) and they wondered why. This country is
> > broken.
> >
> > That is all.
> >
> > Ron
> >

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