Re:How a Medical Catastrophe Can Bankrupt a Life
by tkahnoski on Monday February 05, 2018 @02:14PM
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Thank you for the links, these were just vague concepts to me before where I understood the intent, but I shall read up on the specifics now.
In planned events and traditional health care your argument makes sense.
I was specifically thinking about emergency care or other situations where communication isn't always possible or made in a timely manner.
If a someone comes into an ER and turns out needs say a stent put in, when do you get clear agreement? (caveat I am clearly not a medical professional and this might be a terrible example).
My assumption is largely the hospital does not wait to validate someone's credit to execute what would otherwise be something done for normal retail transactions of similar size.
In planned events and traditional health care your argument makes sense.
I was specifically thinking about emergency care or other situations where communication isn't always possible or made in a timely manner.
If a someone comes into an ER and turns out needs say a stent put in, when do you get clear agreement? (caveat I am clearly not a medical professional and this might be a terrible example).
My assumption is largely the hospital does not wait to validate someone's credit to execute what would otherwise be something done for normal retail transactions of similar size.