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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: Road Walker who wrote (1927)	8/31/2007 3:47:59 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) of 42652

Maybe I didn't make myself clear....A poor uninsured person who comes in after you with the same problem is a loser because he pays $940 for the sonogram. I'm not sure it's a question of clarity but rather a question of assumptions. Poor people don't pay $940 for a sonogram because poor people don't have $940. If they can't pay, then they're not subsidizing anyone. The people who pay $940 for a sonogram, I expect, are those whose medical condition does not make the sonogram an emergency need but who have access to $940 to spend on optional screening procedures. Those people would tend to be at least fairly well off. (I know several people who have considered such screening procedures. There was a write up in the Post a few years ago about people getting full body CAT scans. I was one of those who considered it despite the cost. None of the people in question is anywhere close to poor and all are insured.) The hospital can afford to charge the insurance company $69 for your sonogram because they are getting so much more from the uninsured person. I think you are conflating "poor" and "uninsured."

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