Affordable Health Care Act

~~butthead aka 216~~ · 08-16-2013, 07:11 AM

healthcare in the us is a sham in so many ways. hospitals sign contracts with companies who make healthcare equipment, those companies jack up prices to 20X the original price, the hospital knows but doesnt care cause they are gettin government money and guess who else is footin the bill?? citizens who get sick or injured.

i realize you cant put a price on savin a life but my brother was in a car wreck like 7 years ago and his bills were well into the hundreds of thousands. its just such a daunting amount of money.

but we keep putting insane money into the miitary so we can keep getting funding for a defense budget we completely dont need and keep unemployment as low as possible since the military is one of the countries biggest employers

ranting a little but healthcare costs are just too insane lol. its why i never go to the doctor.

Burning Down · 08-16-2013, 08:00 AM

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Originally Posted by 216

healthcare in the us is a sham in so many ways. hospitals sign contracts with companies who make healthcare equipment, those companies jack up prices to 20X the original price, the hospital knows but doesnt care cause they are gettin government money and guess who else is footin the bill?? citizens who get sick or injured.

i realize you cant put a price on savin a life but my brother was in a car wreck like 7 years ago and his bills were well into the hundreds of thousands. its just such a daunting amount of money.

but we keep putting insane money into the miitary so we can keep getting funding for a defense budget we completely dont need and keep unemployment as low as possible since the military is one of the countries biggest employers

ranting a little but healthcare costs are just too insane lol. its why i never go to the doctor.

Pharmaceutical companies and corporations who manufacture healthcare machinery (ultrasound machines, MRI's, etc), are only concerned with the bottom line and making a huge profit. They don't give a rat's ass about patient health. It's no different here, except that the government regulates these companies more heavily than the US does.

Also, our healthcare may be universal, but you are still charged for your hospital stay, drugs, dentist, vision care (unless you have a pre existing or genetic condition), and some other things. If you don't have adequate insurance for these things you will pay through the nose.

Astronomer · 08-16-2013, 08:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

Also, our healthcare may be universal, but you are still charged for your hospital stay, drugs, dentist, vision care (unless you have a pre existing or genetic condition), and some other things. If you don't have adequate insurance for these things you will pay through the nose.

Over here you don't even have to pay for your hospital visit or drugs. I was in hospital for 2 weeks and on a huge series of what are expensive drugs in parts of the world where you have to pay for them, and I didn't even have to pay for a cent. It was all included in my public hospital stay.

We do, however, have to pay for optical, dental, "extras", and other random things like sufficient obstetrics care... Which is why I opted for and pay for private health insurance to cover obstetrics, like $100 a month I think it is, just as a security blanket. I still have to pay full price for optical and dental though.

Interesting to hear how things work differently in other parts of the world.

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~~butthead aka 216~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: freely swimmin thru the waters of glory much like a majestic bald eagle soars thru the skies Posts: 1,463	healthcare in the us is a sham in so many ways. hospitals sign contracts with companies who make healthcare equipment, those companies jack up prices to 20X the original price, the hospital knows but doesnt care cause they are gettin government money and guess who else is footin the bill?? citizens who get sick or injured. i realize you cant put a price on savin a life but my brother was in a car wreck like 7 years ago and his bills were well into the hundreds of thousands. its just such a daunting amount of money. but we keep putting insane money into the miitary so we can keep getting funding for a defense budget we completely dont need and keep unemployment as low as possible since the military is one of the countries biggest employers ranting a little but healthcare costs are just too insane lol. its why i never go to the doctor.