Our wonderful health care, best in the world.....

Wife had a supposed kidney stone back in August. Bills have now totaled over $30,000. Best part is they went into get the stone, but then determined it was no longer there. Multiple catscan and x-rays prior to operation.

Anyone who thinks we have the best health care in the world is delusional.

This did not include an overnight stay either. Outpatient. 30 grand....

Now insurance is trying to screw me on payments.

Fuck the republicans. I hope they all eat shot and die..........

Sorry about the fucking insurance..

Mr. "Change and Hope" has turned out to be more of the same old bullshit, by my accounting.
Good luck, apparently we are on our own, as always.
BHN

care in this country can suck as well. My mother suffered from terrible abdominal pain for months and went from doctor to doctor - all who told her there was nothing wrong, Finally she couldn't take it anymore and went to the emergency room. She was admitted to the hospital, and it still took almost a week for the doctors to determine the cause - a small tumor in her intenstine. Once it was removed she was fine, but she suffered tremendous unnecessary agony in the interim.

This summer my dad was experiencing symptoms of dementia. I literally could not get him evaluated. Every doctor I called either wasn't taking new patients or couldn't see him for weeks or even months. Meantime he was deteriorating rapidly. I tried to get him into the UCLA geriatric psychiatric unit, but that proved impossible. There's a long waiting list and I had no clout. Unfortunately, he died of a heart attack before I could get him the mental health care he so desperately needed.

So while insurance reform is definitely a necessity, so is taking a hard look at the quality (or lack thereof) of the actual care. I'm sorry your wife has experienced so much difficulty. I hope she's feeling better.

and I'd already had a routine one the previous year. This was just for a hemorrhoid!!!! I told them I would get over the counter treatment for few dollars. My husband was diagnosed with cancer some years ago and not only didn't the insurance company want to cover his radiation treatment but the hospital made him wait for weeks! You know tumors can grow! We kicked up such a fuss and they finally agreed to cover him.

health care, it is for profit, and not for people..... Your wife's story makes me so outraged... I hope she is healing and recovered from her outpatient shocker... 30,000.