Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep...
by istruble on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:25PM
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Number two for sure. You are almost guaranteed to be seen by an out-of-network provider. It does not matter if you go to an in-network hospital/ER, the providers go out of their way to work a couple hundred miles from home just to bring in the big OON prices. Out of three visits to in-network ERs (in two different states) in the last seven years, how many do you think resulted in crazy charges from OON providers? If you said anything other than all of them you must not be from the states. It is basically impossible not to get fleeced by "health care" in the US.
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Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep...
by kasey_junk on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @07:31AM
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I’ve been to the ER twice in the last 2 years. Once at the hospital blocks from my house & once while traveling for work 800 miles away. In neither case did I get charged out of network charges.
In fact in the 25 years I’ve paid for mine or my families health care I’ve never seen what you describe over lots of ER visits.
There are lots of things wrong with the US health system, providers systematically trying to get out of network fees isn’t one of them.
Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep...
by dd36 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @08:15AM
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Your experience is the only experience. Good point.
Re:The US spends more on healthcare for no gain says new rep...
by vonmoltke on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @08:58AM
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Not what kasey_junk said at all. It was responding to someone who said:
> It is basically impossible not to get fleeced by "health care" in the US.
The experience is evidence against this very strong statement. You have uncharitably decided it was making an equally strong statement in the opposite direction.