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To: Alighieri who wrote (196148)	7/28/2004 8:11:51 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577592

Al, Really, my main point was that an uninsured person goes to an ER, and regardless of their problem, their bill is going to be $5K. For the same treatment that, in most cases, an insurance company would pay ~$500 or less. Under-employed people can't afford to get hurt, it will break them, because they don't have the clout to negotiate rates. I've seen this personally, but the same thing has been reported in the WSJ in a very good series they did on "rationing health care". It's certainly a mess. DR talks about 14% like it was insignificant, like those folks are throw aways. One out of about 7 people. I guess he has a lower expectation for this country. I guess when you see it first hand, when you see a Doctor charge a poor person $1K for looking at an x-ray, when they never saw the patient, when they were never even in the hospital at the same time, when they would charge an insurance company maybe $50, then you take it to heart. When you know the person that doesn't have even $50 beyond their money for rent and food. That $1K is more than their discretionary income for a year. And that's only 20% of their bill. Can't help but say what are you MFer's doing. John