Man gets $90,000 hospital bill for snake bite treatment

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Man Getting Screwed By Company’s $180,000 Health Deductible

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BOULDER, CO—Noting that his out-of-pocket costs seemed a little high, recently hired marketing assistant Jerry Aarons, 32, told sources Tuesday that he is beginning to suspect he’s getting screwed over by his health plan’s $180,000 deductible. “At my last job my annual deductible was only around $900 for the same coverage, so this seems a little off the mark,” said Aarons, recalling how the plan had looked like a good deal on paper because once he pays the $180,000, he’d only be responsible for 60 percent of the subsequent costs plus no co-pay for preventative care. “After signing up, I did some rough estimates and I was like, ‘Oh man, I have to go to the doctor 400 times and have 26 elective surgeries before this becomes worth it.’ You know, I bet this plan is probably meant for an older person whose health isn’t as great.” At press time, Aarons was also starting to question the value of having a 401(k) that can’t be touched until he’s 130.
 

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Lake Norman Regional, a private for-profit hospital, is under scrutiny by others for questionable practices. In a 2010 lawsuit, recently unsealed in Mecklenburg County, two emergency room doctors alleged that Lake Norman and Davis Regional Medical Center in Statesville committed fraud by offering kickbacks to doctors who would order unnecessary tests and admit more patients to increase corporate revenues. The federal Department of Justice is also investigating.

Both hospitals are owned by Health Management Associates, one of the largest for-profit hospital chains. HMA has denied the allegations, which are repeated in lawsuits by other doctors in other states.


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Free market healthcare in action. :blessed:
 
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Spain? :heh: These side by side comparisons of nations need to stop.

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Not really...side by side comparisons via nations are used all the time, if it fits your agenda that is.....

Just because the US is strong in population does not mean socialized\subsidized health care will not work
 

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Are you serious? You've never had to bury somebody?

Hip replacement 40k vs let that nikka walk with a bad hip until he fall and gives himself a hematoma = 7k for the fly funeral and 4500 for the ghetto special.....
You don't have to get your hip replaced.

A good shovel costs like what... 50 bucks?
 
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