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> Hospital officials defend these fees as necessary to keep an emergency room open 24 hours a day as a community asset. What nonsense. This argument is effect
by grammarnazzzi 5y ago
> Hospital officials defend these fees as necessary to keep an emergency room open 24 hours a day as a community asset.
What nonsense.
This argument is effectively charging a rent without the consent or agreement of the renter (the community).
If the service were reasonable, the community would agree to them. They are not, so the hostipital instead games the insurance system and preys on individuals without the resourses/ability to defend against their predation
- m-p-3 5y agoThe fact that hospitals are privatized and not owned by the community is IMO the root of the problem.
- Dwolb 5y agoEveryone has an opinion on the root of the problem but I’d like to see an actual analysis with the costs and revenues in our medical system to better understand what’s happening. Does anyone have a good one?
- toomuchtodo 5y agohttps://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/05/feature-forum-costliest-health-care https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/05/feature-forum-costli... https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/ https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-chall... https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/why-is-healthcare-so-expensive https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/why-is-healthcare-so-...
- coliveira 5y agoMost countries have already figured out that the problem is privatized medicine and created universal health care systems.
- fallingknife 5y agohttps://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/client_service/Healthcare%20Systems%20and%20Services/Health%20International/HI08_American_health.ashx https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/mckinsey/dotcom/client_serv...