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The question becomes, what's wrong with a little thrift and forethought in our generosity? Because we're paying ten times too much by providing primary care at the emergency room.
Can we think of nothing better to do with all that money we're wasting?
That is to say, we all know that lying is wrong, but in this case, Romney may honestly think he is doing nothing wrong by continously lying to get what he wants. Which would be weird and very scary.
Yeah, so fuck you Romney.
Hey, Mitt: they don't offer chemo in the emergency room!
The doctors agreed, if W had received the chemo in time, she would have lived.
By the time W was destitute enough for Medical, the ovarian cancer was too advanced to treat successfully.
Although the odds were against her, W still suffered through four bouts of chemo in the vain hope that she'd be able to help her daughter through to graduating high school.
So the taxpayers had to pay out for four chemos -- instead of one -- and Social Security payments for a 14 year old orphaned by her single mother's death.
All because the Mitt Romneys of this country are selfish, lying pricks.
Lots of people "choose" not to have health insurance because they have pre-existing conditions that made them uninsurable.
I can't believe he thinks that. I guess that's what happens when you live in a super rich bubble.
They understand that technologically we have the best health care tools in the world. That is objectively true and they can walk up to an MRI machine and knock on it to prove it to themselves. However they can't do the same when it comes to discussing how that care is paid for, how those tools are deployed.
Lay on top of that the fact that they have been told all their lives that "socialism" is not just bad it is evil and it is easy to understand why this pitch will work on them. They simply can't make the connection between, "“No, you go to the hospital, you get treated, you get care, and it’s paid for," and the fact that they/we are paying for it at the highest possible cost.
It doesn't matter to them that they already are being forced to pay for others (and at a much higher cost too), because it's all behind closed doors. If they don't think about it, they'll be able to sleep better at night. But if it's a law, written down, where they can't avoid it, they're forced to confront it.
It's stupid of course. They all think they're independent Danial Boones, able to live all by themselves with no help from anyone, and they hate it when their fragile little illusion is shattered in front of them.
No, Mattini, that isn't fair. Accurate and true, but not fair.
I knew someone without insurance who broke her arm in such away that it required surgery to set. The emergency room basically gave her a sling and some pain meds and sent her home, and then she had to call around by herself to find a surgeon who would do it for her at reduced or no cost. If she hadn't found one she would have been SOL.
But that's still not true. It's not just a matter that they don't understand how health care is paid for and that they don't understand that the ER is the most expensive way to administer care. If an uninsured patient goes to the ER for a potentially fatal ailment that requires continued treatment, that patient will die. Period.
The ER stabilizes patients and handles immediate situations. So, if you get taken to the ER for seizures and it turns out the seizures are caused by brain cancer, the ER doc will give you anti-seizure medication and send you on your way. Later, when the cancer grows enough to cause head-splitting headaches, you can go to the ER to get pain medication, but, make no mistake, without insurance, you will not get surgery, you will not get chemo or radiation, and you will be dead within six months.
That is what "free" health care at the ER looks like.
Also, if you're married, after your death, your spouse will be on the hook for the cost of the non-existent treatment you received at the ER.
If you're insured, you'll go bankrupt. If you're uninsured, you'll die. That is our health care system.
If you're poor and you have insurance, you'll lose the nice things that you have earned over the years when you go bankrupt.
If you're poor and you do NOT have insurance, you'll lose the nice things that you have earned over the years when you go bankrupt and then you'll die.
How did Romney phrase it?
"I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
American Heroes: Ryan Case
this is what matters and what is at stake.
Your company doesn't have to cover your spouse because your state does not mandate it, but there are many examples of companies that have offered to extend such benefits way in front of laws and societal expectations.
You may not be in a situation to risk it, but you might consider asking your company to extend your benefits, or understand that you may have to look for a company that values you enough to take care of your family.
He's anti-Obama. Not only is Obamacare modeled after Romneycare, the very idea of it was concocted by Republicans nearly 20 years ago.
The fact is that Democrats got shit done, and the Republicans hate them for it.
Personally, I had an unusual eye problem. It calls for surgery. I had to delay the surgery for a few years, because I couldn't afford it (I had lost all my savings due to a previous medical problem and surgery for the other eye). It turned out that delaying it left me permanently legally blind. But hey, then I qualified for both disability and medicare and could get care, but the damage is done.
This is an incredibly stupid system. Immediate treatment and preventative care makes sense. But I'm lucky I didn't have an ongoing chronic illness that required expensive treatment. I know people who have difficulty affording the drugs that deal with multiple sclerosis. Another thing that you don't get from ERs. The drugs tend to decrease the progression of the disease and the risks of severe attacks. Get a severe attack and you can go to the ER, sure, but try to get the drugs to prevent it... Same with seizure medication and ongoing care. Have a seizure and you can go to the ER, but want drugs to not have seizures... well, I hope you're covered well.
Pretending ERs are real medical care is just dishonest. They have their place and are good, but yes, people die because they can't afford medical care. People become disabled or out of work because they can't afford medical care. And it happens all the time.