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» Migisi - Health Care

.... the agency that is SUPPOSED to cover their bills doesn't pay either. Ask your doctor if he even accepts Medicaid patients...
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Yep. No cash, credit card, or insurance = nobody wants you as a patient. Medicaid won't pay the horrendous medical overcharges - which can be as high as 350% mark up on drugs and services. And I'm sure you've heard of the many cases of Medicaid/Medicare fraud committed by docs/hospitals - where they bill multiple times for the same test and services not performed. Why should taxpayers pay for their greed? For the reputable professional, the main problem with taking Medicaid is that it pays too slowly -- 6 months+ to pay.
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The hospitals don't turn people away.
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They're only required to treat emergency patients. And it took an act of Congress to make them do that. Congress passed the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act ("EMTALA") which requires medical facilities to give emergency treatment, screen and stabilize all patients, and penalizes them for releasing those who are medically unstable.
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And, doctors don't turn them away either.
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They can if it's not an emergency. They simply refer them to the emergency room, where they're turned away too if it's a nonemergency. And you've acknowledged that most doctors won't take Medicaid patients.
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So, if order to make up for their losses, the docs charge those who can pay more. Howzatgrabyuh?
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Most charge everybody too much - regardless of ability to pay. Now here's the thing... if they can afford to give discounts on drugs and services to the poor, why do they bill out the same drugs and services at much higher rates to insurance companies? There are various charity orgs which help pay medical bills for those who can't. Just call hospital administration for a list. They have them lined up. And most hospitals are federally funded - even nonprofit private ones. Believe me, the docs/hospitals don't lose out. Have you ever investigated the huge PROFITS that alleged NONprofit tax exempt hospitals make? And how much hospital execs make? Some states are doing just that.
January 23, 2008
Ohio Takes New Look at Nonprofit Hospitals
http://philanthropy.com/news/philanthrop...
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Our grand children will see universal health care in their time.
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IL initiated a children's universal health care system for middle to low income families. My son qualifies. But, just try and find a doctor who is signed up for the program? NOT A ONE!! Yet another SCAM.

-- posted by Migisi