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People with gold-plated health insurance and/or millions in reserve will receive better care in the US. The average schmuck will not. Hopkins probably isn't i
by slumdev 7y ago
People with gold-plated health insurance and/or millions in reserve will receive better care in the US.
The average schmuck will not. Hopkins probably isn't in-network for him even if he works across the street from it.
- runako 7y ago> Hopkins probably isn't in-network for him even if he works across the street from it. Hopkins probably isn't in-network for a lot of people who physically work in the hospital every day. Custodial, cleaning, security, etc. often are contractors and therefore do not have access to employee benefits of their platinum-level customers.
- refurb 7y agoLooks like actual employees of John Hopkins, all the way down to the non-union employees have the hospital as in-network. Network Providers - The EHP Medical Plan gives you access to The Johns Hopkins Hospital[1] [1]https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/human_resources/_docs/benefits/jhh_nonunion_spd.pdf https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/human_resources/_docs/benefi...
- runako 7y agoThat's the whole point. Big institutions can decide that certain job roles shouldn't have access to benefits. Then, it's trivial to outsource those roles. This commonly happens for low-status job roles like janitorial, facilities maintenance, groundskeepers, and building security. JH may be relatively unique in being a 100% employee shop, but it would definitely be a case of the exception proving the rule. *Edit -- it looks like JH has a history of fairly high-profile labor conflicts. If they are 100% employees, I would bet their history is a factor in why they are this way now.
- qaq 7y agoI don't know how you imagine things work but there is a reason many of EU countries have private options.