i dont even bother to waste money on insurance. i pay all my medical and dental bills in cash up front. this also gives me the power to control what gets done. like if they say "we want an xray and an mri to make sure were not morons". you can save
of money by avoiding the er like the plague. reason being, is that an er is really not a very good buisness model. first off they treat everyone, including those who cannot pay. so those who can pay get taken to the cleaners. an example of this is when they give you meds, like an asprin, they usually charge you for the whole bottle, the industrial size bottle. but then it doesnt end there. if another patient needs the same meds, they pay the same charge, but the pills come out of the same bottle. that said most people go to the hospital usually get a pill a glass of water a huge bill and get sent home, having lost a whole 8 hours of their time. you can easily self medicate on over the counter pills, its cheaper.
of er doctors are interns fresh out of med school, and are probably being worked to death, sometimes working 24 hour shifts. they dont mind cause this makes their med school bills go away, and they gain valuable experience as well. being young doctors, they seldom consider things like what it costs to operate the mri machine. they do not streamline the costs. they do what
of computer geeks do, rely on the diagnostics and not use their intuition and experience. but unlike with computer tech, medical diagnostics are not cheap and can easily add a few grand to your bill.
people need to realize that medical care is ****ing expensive. if you want treatment you need to pay money. people read "health care" as "free health care" or "cheap health care" because they think that if they pay a small tax or a small fee to a company, they expect that to be enough to cover all their medical expenses. but like i said health care is expensive. just because a ceo with a 250,000 a year salary might be able to afford a complicated heart or brain operation, doesnt mean your average 10,000 a year laborer can. everyone wants the steal from the rich and give to the poor system. i view such a system as america incompatible. so if insurance cannot generate the funds to perform expensive procedures. youre up **** creek. that doesnt mean theres not ways to reduce the cost of healthcare. to accomplish that you can do theese things.
*get rid of all the kickbacks, some of those in the health care industry make too much money as it is
*stop filing malpractice suits against doctors or hospitals, if someone dies because they were sick or injured, blame the illness/injury
*force insurance to follow its contracts
*stop freaking out over minor conditions, take an asprin and some booze and deal with it
*stop protesting and get a job, you filth hippy
*if insurance doesn't work, dont use it
*finally, pay your ****ing bills, if you cant pay them, dont go to the doctor
