The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States and India

Re:The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States... by danielweber on Thursday September 11, 2014 @05:47PM (#8305353)

I'm generally not in favor of single-payer, but take this as an argument against my position.

My mom had some big treatments last year. My dad is a probably-undiagnosed-autistic guy who loves spreadsheets. He set up a spreadsheet for every single visit, correlating exactly how much was paid, exactly how much insurance (including Medicare) paid, and when each provider was marking the bills as paid.

He's retired, so this was his full-time hobby.

He still got continuously yanked around by every single provider, some claiming paid in full (which my dad filed dutifully in a binder) and then later asking for more money.

It's a freaking mess.

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Re:The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States... by pstuart on Friday September 12, 2014 @03:07PM (#8309808)

So why doesn't this make you generally in favor of single-payer?

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Re:The Cost of My Mother’s Cardiac Care in the United States... by danielweber on Saturday September 13, 2014 @10:10AM (#8312409)

Given the choice between two systems[1], I can prefer one and still see the tradeoffs each has.

[1] Of course there are more than 2 choices.

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