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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Road Walker who wrote (1981)	9/3/2007 6:05:53 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

If you knew what you were talking about this might be interesting. I only argue when I know what I'm talking about. That's why I declined to engage the subject of relative costs. I know of no good data so I have no opinion. If you're so knowledgeable, perhaps we can put the shoe on the other foot and you can tell me how a medical provider would go about getting its substantial charges out of someone with no assets and a minimum wage job rather than just telling me I don't know what I'm talking about. Defend your position rather than dismissing mine. I have no personal experience with the poor or nearly poor who are uninsured. All those I know in each category are covered by Federal programs. You apparently do have such experience. While you're in explaining mode, I'd like to know how they are able to run up those bills. Whenever I call a new doctor, the first thing they ask is what insurance I have. I have overheard conversations while in the waiting room indicating that they don't take patients with no or inadequate insurance. If you don't get to see the doctor, how do you run up a bill you can't pay? If you do get to see the doctor anyway, it's because the doctor is prepared to negotiate the bill. So the only wild charges you can incur are in the ER, where there is an expectation of forgiveness. "Fortunately, a federal law passed in 1986 to prohibit a practice commonly known as "patient dumping" gives you the right to emergency care regardless of your ability to pay. The federal law applies to hospitals that participate in Medicare -- and that includes most hospitals in the United States." articles.moneycentral.msn.com