This has gotten ridiculous!

"amdx" wrote in sci.engr.joining.welding:

In today's world a single diagnostic procedure may easily result in a $20K charge and MDs love to order them for their own protection.

A $100K hospital bill is not at all unusual.

You might wish to reconsider your options...

That $100,000 hospital bill will only cost an extra $2,088. And next year I have already covered that with last years savings. Yes It is possible I could come out on the losing side if something happened tomorrow. The odds of me losing the $2,088 are way, way less then the chances of me saving a good portion of the $5,412. What's your insurance situation? Mike PS. do you really understand the numbers I presented? Maybe I didn't explain it well, wouldn't be the first time. I

Unless they decide to deny your claim because you didn't disclose that you had acne as a child...

I was in the hospital for eight days, two of that in ICU, following heart surgery. The bill was $93k. I thought that was top end. Are there other surgeries that cost more?

Steve

"SteveB" wrote in sci.engr.joining.welding:

Try looking at Cancer treatments...

FWIW, you may have been extremely fortunate in that it was only 2 days in ICU - it could have been longer AND they might have found a reason to take you "back in" for some reason.

BTW, you may, also, want to review Gunner's bill...

"amdx" wrote in sci.engr.joining.welding:

I have BCBS' "HMO Blue" for both SWMBO and myself (mine transitioned to "Medicare Supplement" on my 65th birthday) and Medicare (me only: she's too young ).

Since, as a retiree, I still get group rates through my former employer, my situation may well be quite different from yours. One of the reasons that I stayed with that outfit is/was the benefit package (health ins, pension, etc.).

I just talked with a fellow that spent 4 days in the hospital for an infection in a cut on his lower leg. The bill was over $15, 000. He has no insurance and lives pretty much off the books, so we get to pay the bill! Mike

If this man is an American citizen, that is our duty and obligation. If we can spend $15 million on a new small truck stop on the Canadian border that's only a few years old and sees less than ten cars a day, I think we can do something to help our citizens. Or we could take that $15 million (times two, as there was another crossing they wanted to redo that sees less than TWO cars a day) and figure out some Liberty ship ideas to load up all the illegals and dump them close to their home country, each with a life vest, of course. Even if the man "lives pretty much off he books", he has more sway than a lowlife thieving illegal.

Steve

Do you think we should make him sell his Harley Davidson? Mike

Sorry, the damn sig is supposed to go on the end. Is there a way to put it there automatically instead of dragging it every time?

Steve

If you're confused, it's voluntary. If you really want to learn, then here's a good place to start

The fact is that until the hospitals, and particularly the emergency rooms collapse from the overload, they'll supply emergency treatment for the most pressing cases to the best of their ability. If everybody like you who prefers denial to reality lobbies hard enough, then you might be able to drag the current situation out a few more years. But one way or another, things have got to change big-time.

As for gummer, if you believe that he *ever* had insurance, then you need to report that symptom to your doctor. If you're "confused" about that as well, then ask gummer to detail his premiums. You might also ask him why, in a thread about high hospital bills, that he neglected to mention the $3 *million* that he has repeatedly claimed was spent on his wife.

Wayne

I see you are a fountain of some sort. I just haven't figured what that is that's coming out and spewing all over .......................

Steve

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WHOOSH (the sound of a joke passing through empty air space)

I take it that you aren't interested in any facts about health care, are going to stamp your feet and hold your breath when facts are stuck in your face, prefer instead your silly brand of proselytizing about "falderal", and will willfully continue your "confusion". What a shock. There's a good chance you'll live long enough to see the history of this period written. It will say that denial and procrastination were instrumental in exacerbating a woeful situation. No doubt you'll try to weasel-talk your way out of any personal responsibility, just like gummer. It doesn't matter to deadbeats like him

Wayne

Most asinine thing I've read all day. Do you actually think about what you write, or does that bullshit spew automatically?

If only it was the most asinine thing he'd ever written...

I think his continued difficulty with the sig position is a cute metaphor for his entire shtick - the Usenet equivalent of driving down the road with the turn signal on. :-)

Wayne

Ah. If I was only as good and correct and brilliant as you are. All knowing. Just being the solution to humanity's problems with one small detriment. Having to post it in an obscure Usenet newsgroup rather than being out in reality doing something.

Hey .......... pssssssssssttttttttttttttt. Your beanie propeller isn't turning. Better check that out.

It must suck to be you. I'd rather be human.

Steve