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Re:If hotels billed like hospitals by wtvanhest on Thursday March 08, 2012 @11:23AM (#3680271)
worse than that

Are you saying poor people should just die when they are injured?

The emergency situation is the only time it should be reasonable for Dr.s to not have to provide webbased standard billing.

Re:If hotels billed like hospitals by pragone on Thursday March 08, 2012 @11:32AM (#3680325)
Not at all. I'm just pointing out how screwed up the system is that the government requires practitioners to treat people but doesn't provide the financial resources to pay for it. I've worked in systems that basically were bankrupt repeatedly because they kept providing the services they couldn't afford.

My point isn't that the providers shouldn't be legally required to provide the care (the truth is we would and do anyway); rather, something needs to be done about how costs are distributed in order to prevent hospitals, clinics, urgent cares and 911 services from going out of business.