The Problem with Healthcare in America (Page 4): You shouldn't have had to go to an ER. Is there " Walk In Clinic" near you ? If there is, the price would have been much more...

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

jerryc41 wrote:

I cut my thumb with a rotary blade on a Dremel too... (show quote)

You shouldn't have had to go to an ER. Is there " Walk In Clinic" near you ? If there is, the price would have been much more reasonable. For minor things Walk in clinics are OK. It seems to me that a bleeding cut finger is not a medical emergency, unless of course there is a lot of bleeding.

catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway

quote...jerryc41

Went in for a sore throat last month. The bill was $800 for less than 5 minutes with the doctor. I still have a sore throat to this day.

MTG44 Loc: Corryton, Tennessee

There is no problem with health care in America. You injured yourself and chose to go to ER and were charged for services. If you didn't need stitches ,why did you go. You got fixed and now are complaining .

quagmire Loc: Greenwood,South Carolina

Had a back operation for $106,000 plus therapy +follow up visits and x rays. Paid $157.00,partly because I sent a form late to bcbs.

whitewolfowner

jerryc41 wrote:

I cut my thumb with a rotary blade on a Dremel too... (show quote)

You called your doctor who directed you to the ER because he was not interested in doing his job, of which he has a responsibility to you being your Doctor. So, I would send the bill to your Doctor, let him pay it.

catchlight.. Loc: Wisconsin USA- Halden Norway

It is awesome people with pre existing conditions are finally getting equal treatment. Too bad that age is the new discriminator.

When a 25 year old at the same employer is paying less than $150/ mo and I have to pay $1200 at 62 and I am perfectly healthy... there is something wrong.

Double that figure with my wife... and go from a company $100 deductible to $8000.

I laugh when I hear someone defend our broken health care system.

Paul J. Svetlik Loc: Colorado

Our president who has been promising to get rid of the "Affordable Health Insurance" as soon as he gets elected just last week finally woke up and said:
"Nobody knew, how complicated the health insurance ("Trumpcare") is!"
Nobody? Really?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Paul J. Svetlik wrote:

Our president who has been promising to get rid of the "Affordable Health Insurance" as soon as he gets elected just last week finally woke up and said:
"Nobody knew, how complicated the health insurance ("Trumpcare") is!"
Nobody? Really?

I think "Nobody" referred to the people in Trump's circle.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

In a related situation, I took one of my dogs to the vet yesterday because one of her hind legs isn't working well. He said it was probably a spinal problem. A CAT scan and surgery might help. Just out of curiosity, I asked about the cost. He said he knew of someone who had a scan done for a pet, and the cost was $8,000. Then, of course, there's the surgery.

whitewolfowner

jerryc41 wrote:

In a related situation, I took one of my dogs to the vet yesterday because one of her hind legs isn't working well. He said it was probably a spinal problem. A CAT scan and surgery might help. Just out of curiosity, I asked about the cost. He said he knew of someone who had a scan done for a pet, and the cost was $8,000. Then, of course, there's the surgery.

Vets used to be reasonabley priced but the last few years their cost have gone through the ceiling. I guess they banned together and decided that that they wanted to give themselves the biggest raise in pay that any career has ever seen.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

whitewolfowner wrote:

Vets used to be reasonabley priced but the last few years their cost have gone through the ceiling. I guess they banned together and decided that that they wanted to give themselves the biggest raise in pay that any career has ever seen.

The VA system is a single payer system , correct ? My Father in Law just uses Medicare as the VA facilities are too far away and the wait is way too long.

GeorgeH Loc: Jonesboro, GA

bob44044 wrote:

Healthcare costs are astronomical because of Obamacare

And they weren't astronomical before the ACA?

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

GeorgeH wrote:

And they weren't astronomical before the ACA?

Just not as astronomical because there was not the long list of required coverages, want them or not. And the increased paperwork adds expense also. Either the doctor does it when they should be seeing patients (expensive clerk) or they hire people to do it. My Primary Care told me he spends 1/3 of his time on the computer inputting the info for the clerks to file all the required reports.

whitewolfowner

Screamin Scott wrote:

The VA system is a single payer system , correct ? My Father in Law just uses Medicare as the VA facilities are too far away and the wait is way too long.

When I said vets, I was directly responding to Jerry about veterinarians.

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

whitewolfowner wrote:

When I said vets, I was directly responding to Jerry about veterinarians.

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