The way it works in the U.S. is that literally everything is billed in piecework- Every single service. In surgery, there’s multiple billing’s for anesthesia, surgery, X-ray, lab, O.R,. Hospital subcontract everything out. Nurses, doctors in specialty clinics, cleaning, security. They keep some staff employees, admin, doctors, nurses, etc, but they’re more like a general contractor.
Oh, I wasn't clear in my question. I meant if insurance is eliminated and universal health care is also gone, as Geo suggested, how would Drs get paid? That leaves only the patient. Correct?
What did we do before billing companies?
People died younger.
Huff and puff and act real tough.
Yep, everyone's obsessed with you.
That chart is 8 years old, life expediency has gone way down since then.People died younger.
Could you afford to pay for treatment and a hospital stay for say, a heart attack? And why would you think prices would decrease if insurance companies suddenly disappeared?
Do you think hospitals and doctors would work pro bono for any and all hardship (I.e. can't afford a 6 figure hospital bill) cases?
The age of the graph doesn't matter, look at the trend, it's undeniable. But the graph isn't the point anyway. The point is that modern medicine is great compared to years and decades gone by BUT it's expensive as hell.
Why aren't you concerned with the graph you posted in the first place?
No I couldn't, and I don't want to leave my wife without a home just to squeak a couple more years out of life. If I was dying from a heart attack the last place I'd want to spend my final days is in a hospital. I'ma go out into the back five and hopefully the Lord will call me home there.
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This kinda sound like an argument JTK and JD would make for that MAID stuff they have in Canada.
No, it's an argument I would make for universal health care. I believe brother VB should have care whether he can afford it or not. MAID is a complex issue and I have mixed feelings about it, as any nuanced thinker would.
I'm not sure where you gathered that from my post. I do not support any of the MAID stuff that others have painted as virtuous and humane.
Brother Von doesn't want any care even if he can afford it. Sutures or something basic, sure. But heart stents, valve, knee or hip replacements, no way. That's for others, not me. I am spending my time preparing for death because doctor or not, it is my density, I mean, destiny.
I'm not sure where you gathered that from my post. I do not support any of the MAID stuff that others have painted as virtuous and humane.
Brother Von doesn't want any care even if he can afford it. Sutures or something basic, sure. But heart stents, valve, knee or hip replacements, no way. That's for others, not me. I am spending my time preparing for death because doctor or not, it is my density, I mean, destiny.