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You would be surprised to know that hospitals would treat the person with the cheapest drugs and not do the major heart surgery. Not all hospitals, mind you, I
by Justsignedup 12y ago
You would be surprised to know that hospitals would treat the person with the cheapest drugs and not do the major heart surgery. Not all hospitals, mind you, I know Mt Sinai (NYC) will most likely treat the person fully, but some will give enough heart meds to make the person feel "okay" until he/she dies.
Also, often after treatment, hospitals will just write the treatment as a "loss" and get a tax break. I've had friends pay $20 for a broken arm fixed. The problem is that many will give sub-par treatment, won't do the surgery, etc.
American health care system is an atrocity.
- pdabbadabba 12y agoYes, there are cases where things are worse than I described. But the comment I was responding to, and thus my comment, was addressed to what is "typical" in the U.S. system. What's typical, is that a person has insurance, goes to the hospital, and everything is more or less fine. What is not typical, but still entirely too common, is that an uninsured patient takes on an obscene amount of debt that has a major impact detrimental impact on his life. But that is far better than dying, which many would have you believe is the only option. It is also true that people sometimes get this calculation wrong and die as a result. This is due, as I mentioned, to a system that inhumanely forces this choice upon you, as well as people who spread misinformation about how our system works.
- crag 12y agoActually we ALL pay for their treatment. In Florida, if you have no insurance you are taken to the closest public hospital (county hospital). They treat you (barely - don't expect a private room). If you can't afford to deal with the bill, the county pays. And then we all pay via taxes. It's a serious problem.