The US Private Healthcare System fails again

Some of the non-profits have the highest medicare supplement premiums in the country. You're delusional as usual.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

Some of the non-profits have the highest medicare supplement premiums in the country. You're delusional as usual.

Let's remove your useless bi.tchy snark, and try again:

Some of the non-profits have the highest medicare supplement premiums in the country.

Yes. But that will change once the current competition environment changes.

It won't change and will eventually skyrocket because 'tards ( the ones you want to protect) won't get coverage and the expense will be added to the pool. The "tax" won't cover it

Now take your pro-Obama horses.hit and shove it, b.itch. I'm tired of your flouride-ridden drivel.

[Danzig]

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/20...er-sarah-burke


in the article it discusses the medical bills (totals revised downwards), insurance that could have been purchased, that canada does pay the medical bills of it's citizens when they are treated outside the country (but off canada's price list-you'd have to pay the difference if it's higher)etc.
note that the lowered bill is more than covered by donations.

i find it odd that people would donate-i have no doubt that this young lady had funds to pay bills. she wasn't a down on her luck person, but a sponsored olympic champ. but what people do with their money is their business.


as for people here declaring bankruptcy due to medical-people here declare bankruptcy for a variety of reasons. perhaps the bankruptcy laws are too lenient? people become awash in debt for many reasons, so like the catholic church, do a bit of penance and you're good to go. many don't declare even when faced with high bills-they pay what they can when they can.

Originally Posted by Riot

Let's remove your useless bi.tchy snark, and try again:



Yes. But that will change once the current competition environment changes.

I cannot believe that you would complain to a moderator about my abusive language yet use the same type of language in your posts.

You are a disgrace to disingenuous liberals nationwide. For shame.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

I cannot believe that you would complain to a moderator about my abusive language yet use the same type of language in your posts.

You are a disgrace to disingenuous liberals nationwide. For shame.

just apologize to the board and it'll be ok.

I would like to apologize to the board for calling Riot some of her many nicknames. Many times in the past I have called her these nicknames and she took them with a badge of honor. Now it seems she's gone socially conservative on us.

Oh lawd. Please forgive me. Ah have sinned.

[Danzig]

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[Riot]

What the MSNBC story updates show is the biggest ongoing negative of our "private" healthcare system - the most expensive in the world.

This person is covered by her Canadian insurance 100% for out of country problems, but only up to the point that the same services would cost in that country. As our healthcare is the most expensive in the world, even with the revised downward cost total (that's good news), our costs still leave thousands to be privately covered privately.

Thank goodness the fans have more than covered this.

And the typical "who will pay" fight among the insurance companies remain. Let's hope it comes out in favor of the family, and not the insurance companies.

Shows our healthcare costs do need to be addressed - why do our citizens pay much more than every other first world country for healthcare, and yet our quality is not even rated in the Top 25 internationally?

Glad to see that athletes do have national organizations that provide high-risk insurance to them. But obviously, the gap between the national org. not covering her as it wasn't a national org. approved event, sponsors of small events don't buy coverage for the athletes they invite - shines a spotlight on the athletes being left hanging.

as for people here declaring bankruptcy due to medical-people here declare bankruptcy for a variety of reasons. perhaps the bankruptcy laws are too lenient?

Rather than our healthcare being too expensive, and our insurance companies being allowed not to pay what they contracted for?

The overall point is: it's terribly sad that, within our convoluted and expensive private healthcare system, the stories surrounding the unfortunate death of a promising young athlete during sport highlight, not her career, but the intracacies and complications of who can, and cannot, be free of deep concerns about paying for costly medical treatment in the event of sudden life-threatening trauma in America.