200K bill for Brit to give birth in USA?

[stickyvicky]

But it wasn't her fault? It Britain the gov't would cover the entire bill, so shouldn't Britain just pony up? Or at least pay the exact equivalent of what it would have cost her to give birth in the British Hospital? She had doctor's clearance to fly, she was not supposed to give birth until much later in 2015... what do you guys think?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nati ... /21184533/

[CGYMike]

First of all I think it is a joke that US hospitals charge what they charge for medical care. $200,000 is an absurd amount of money.

Second of all, there are riders that you can put your own health care providers in order to travel to foreign countries should you have a medical emergency abroad...thats what we have. You are a damn fool to travel to the USA without it.

The Britts should step in and help out but I'm sure that they will question the amount of money being asked for by the thieves who run that hospital.

...just my humble opinion
Mike

[stickyvicky]

Yes but they were going to pay it anyway. So just pay what they would have paid if she had stayed home and had it there under the British system. That's my opinion...
And yes, I agree with what you said.

Oh on the point of socialized medicine? I don't know what it's like in Alberta, but I was chatting with one of my brothers yesterday and he told me his father was admitted to the hospital for a month, in Quebec, and spent the first 2 weeks in the emergency dept. He was lucky because he got a room in the emergency ward, shared with another patient, but there were people in beds in the hallways with no rooms for that whole 2 weeks also. He finally was transferred to the regular hospital wing for the 2nd 2 weeks. Crazy huh?

The Americans run it like a business. You get fast, proper, clean service. I've always been treated like a queen anytime I ever went to the hospital in the states. The opposite of in Quebec.

But you could rent a house for the amount we pay each month for health insurance. I guess no system is perfect.

[CGYMike]

me bad....I didn't read the attachment babe...sorry about that :)

Nice to hear that the Britts stepped up

[WalterB]

When a hospital charges you $200 - $300 for an aspirin, something is wrong. You need to be totally awars, and for OTC medicine, need to have your family bring it in for you. It's totally off the wall over here. Many people have been driven to bankruptcy due to medical bills.

[CGYMike]

It's not perfect here Vicky and Walt thats for sure...and I wish that people who could afford it would be allowed to seek private medical service. It would take the burden off of the main system. No one deserves to be left in a hall for medical care.

There is some private clinics here but not near enough.

[hotjulie]

Our health care system is pushed to the limit in Alberta Vicky. Lots of people don't get rooms here and stay in the ER. The major cities most times the wait in the ER is gonna be up to 6 hours and the smaller places don't have the resources to do a lot. Mikes right we do need more private Medicare, but people here bitch about it so much, but it would take so much pressure off the social system. The workers put in long hours that I couldn't do day in and day out. Thing is with our system so many things aren't covered, eye exams are an extra $100, for Gunther to fill out an insurance form is between $60-$100, and dentists that's fucking nuts! Gunther could go into so much detail what's good and bad about both systems. When people go to the ER from other provinces or from out of the country, they charge their health provider, but if they don't cover it the individual has to pay. The bill in Alberta is around $500 just to see a doctor in the ER, and then adds up. They constantly advertise here don't go to the ER unless it really is an emergency. Anyways this topics over my head, I just know what I hear them talk about.

[h0rnytoad1]

Well alls i know is Rokkerr better not get PREGNANT !

[stickyvicky]

Wanna hear ridiculous? Rokkerr and I went for flu shots a few months ago. They give them at the local drugstore. It was $25 each, so we were about to pay and the cashier said, you know it's probably included in your insurance plan, let me check? So we handed over our insurance cards. Like I said the amount we pay per month for insurance could be a small mortgage payment. Yes it's covered.

So now 2 months later, I get the bill from the drugstore, after dealing with our insurance company, its covered but the bill is now $35 each, ie I owe them $70 instead of the $50 it would have been had I not used the insurance and just paid out of pocket.

I also just got a bill for my mammogram, I haven't done one since I was 42 and I'm turning 50 this year, we are supposed to do them more often now.... Hard to believe that is not covered?

Also I take synthroid or generic for my thyroid every day. If I buy the pills cash at costco or walmart, it's $4 a month, if i buy them at the drugstore using my insurance, it's a $15 co pay....

Tell me again they are not shysters?

[WalterB]

Hard to understand. I can take my insurance (and medicare, of course) to Walgreens and it doesn't cost me anything. Do a web search for Free Flu shots and see what comes up. Next year. Too late this year.

I know what it is. THey take one look at you and how beautiful and classy you look, and immediately ID you as a porn star. They think "Rich bitch! Let's hit her for a bundle."

[h0rnytoad1]

flu shots for florida residants, last i heard the flu was unstable in high temps and more stable thus more infections in cold weather.

but you're not joking when you call them shysters. i'd just pay cash at the drugstore like my folks did last October, 20$ each, and they put it on this years income taxes to get reimbursed. but that's Canada, idk Florida.

but see that's the problem, they went "private" like it is in USA. i went to the universal health care system down at the local mall they had them all through out October, just sit in the big sitting area, fill the form, get the shot, wait 15mins and all free.

Now, lets talk serious for a min, i do free mammograms now.

[dave45]

LOL she's in the USA now pay up, the good side is the baby can claim doul citizenship.

Dave

[WalterB]

Yeah, that's part of the fun of all this immigration issue. Once you swim across the river and touch dry land, you are IN, eligible for a drivers license, free medical care and government assistance (that true citizens can't get.) Then you can give birth and your baby is a citizen. Then you can petition to stay based on that. Once you get in, you can bring your whole dang family in.

It's pretty outrageous, I work and pay taxes and Social Security all my life, just so I can support the several MILLION illegal immigrants in this country. Having laws is one thing, enforcing them is another.

Then my son risks his life to enforce the laws, so that the people he catches can be tagged and released. They are given a "court date" and released into the interior, to God knows where. 77% of those do not keep their court dates, and the government does not know where they are, because local law enforcement is forbidden from asking you if you are in the country legally.

But, then, I don't really have an opinion on the subject.

[dave45]

Walt,there's nothing free about medical care, sombody has to pay for it. It gets added on to your taxes or someting else.
THERE is NO free ride.
Dave

[WalterB]

Well, I know that. But the illegal immigrant who is getting the care isn't paying for it. It's free to them, but no, not to you and I. That's my point. WE are subsidizing their "free" medical care.