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Urin Asshole

On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:01:05 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:03:07 -0700, Urin Asshole
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 22:45:26 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 17:11:38 -0700, Urin Asshole
wrote:

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:54:43 -0400, wrote:

When she cut open that bag I "bought" the blanket.

Did you have a choice? Could you negotiate the price or did she just
open it and you were stuck? Yeah, that's what I thought.

I didn't ask for the blanket and I didn't even want it but it was
given to me and "stuck" on my bill.
I also did not really have standing to argue about it because the
insurance paid (no doubt a lot less than $30).

BTW for those who say the answer is "government medicine" I should
point out this is a government owned and operated hospital with
elected directors
.

So, you didn't have a choice. As I said, you don't care because your
"insruance" paid. So, you're a big part of the problem.

I have been saying all along, insurance is a big part of the problem.
It isolates the patient from the bill.

That's right. The problem is that the "bill" is made up nonsense. If
you're an insurance company you can claim you're getting the patient a
good deal. The answer is not to transfer the made up cost to the
patient and have them "negotiate" when they're in the ER. The only way
to stop this nonsense if for government intervention. It's not a free
market system anyway so why pretend? Oh except if you're making 2000%
profit or some such bs.

VA? So? At least they can negotiate prices for drugs. Unlike Medicare.

County owned hospital, a virtual monopoly here.

Thus, you have no choice.