Well personally i have medicaid for my disability and a waiver which comes from medicaid and private donations, so i should pay nothing, yet i've
been billed hundreds of dollars many times from using ambulances in the past.
Government paying or not i have no doubt this would happen anyways i bet.
Teen lifeguard gets $2,600 bill for saving drowning boy's life , page 3
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 06:37 PM by desert
Welcome to America!
The boy rescues a drowning person in the Pacific Ocean. He himself goes to the hospital, too, and is seen by a physician. Parents are billed. Well, that's the way it is here. Crazy, huh?
Young man, might I suggest you start a new Boy Scout merit badge. Along with knot tying, you could enlighten many a young man regarding the ins and outs of the American way of paying for medical care. Hell, if you can learn to decode my medical insurance plan, that could make you an Eagle Scout!
Yes, all the non-Americans here at ATS, our system is based on profit. That's why Bain Capital bought a medical flight company.
source
It used to be the only gold in the health care system was in teeth. Now it's in everything. And Bain's earnings go to the Cayman Islands, while my neighbor goes to Mexico to save on dental work.
The boy rescues a drowning person in the Pacific Ocean. He himself goes to the hospital, too, and is seen by a physician. Parents are billed. Well, that's the way it is here. Crazy, huh?
Young man, might I suggest you start a new Boy Scout merit badge. Along with knot tying, you could enlighten many a young man regarding the ins and outs of the American way of paying for medical care. Hell, if you can learn to decode my medical insurance plan, that could make you an Eagle Scout!
Yes, all the non-Americans here at ATS, our system is based on profit. That's why Bain Capital bought a medical flight company.
Romney’s trustee told the IRS that the trust would elect to begin receiving interest from a Bain Capital fund known as “Bain Capital Partners (AM) X, LP.” Although the fund is not detailed further in the return, the AP has learned that the fund is a partnership that was set up in the Cayman Islands, a foreign base that could allow U.S. investors to defer some of their future taxes under certain circumstances.
The fund is apparently tied to Bain Capital’s 2010 purchase of Air Medical Group Holdings, the largest independent U.S. provider of emergency air medical services. The deal cost Bain an estimated $1 billion.
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It used to be the only gold in the health care system was in teeth. Now it's in everything. And Bain's earnings go to the Cayman Islands, while my neighbor goes to Mexico to save on dental work.
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 07:20 PM by OhZone
reply to post by detachedindividual
The hospital would not "suck it up" because hospitals are a Profit Making Business!
If they don't make a profit their shareholders get unhappy.
In my opinion they should never be for profit corps.
The bills they hand out are obscene.
Insurance companies also make a big profit.
That is why premiums are so high.
The hospital would not "suck it up" because hospitals are a Profit Making Business!
If they don't make a profit their shareholders get unhappy.
In my opinion they should never be for profit corps.
The bills they hand out are obscene.
Insurance companies also make a big profit.
That is why premiums are so high.
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 07:24 PM by flice
reply to post by OhZone
Sweet profit? What for? Our hospitals are state run..... And since the human body is 100% guaranteed to break down at some point Im pretty happy that Ill NEVER ever have to worry about having money going to the doctor or receive medical care regardless of whatever I might encounter. EVERYTHING is paid for....
Oh did I mention that while I paid a lot of tax I actually get money from studying? Everyone here gets just under 1000 dollars a month for studying.... And free healthcare forever.
Sweet profit? What for? Our hospitals are state run..... And since the human body is 100% guaranteed to break down at some point Im pretty happy that Ill NEVER ever have to worry about having money going to the doctor or receive medical care regardless of whatever I might encounter. EVERYTHING is paid for....
Oh did I mention that while I paid a lot of tax I actually get money from studying? Everyone here gets just under 1000 dollars a month for studying.... And free healthcare forever.
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 07:26 PM by Char-Lee
Originally posted by Juggernog
reply to post by Blackmarketeer
link
John Clark is a lifeguard at the Firstenburg Community Center pool and the Marshall Community Center in Vancouver. He's the youngest of nine kids; his family is trying to make arrangements to get the bill paid.
He wasnt a hired lifeguard at that beach, he is a lifeguard at the city pool. He jumped in on his own accord, yes it was a brave thing to do but it wasnt his job.
It says that he had a "headache", who takes an ambulance to the hospital for a headache?
A 17 year old who was offered to ride along with the victim.
Not a lot of people would have understood that after saving a life you would be charged over a 1000 dollars to go to the hospital in case you had damage. I doubt many 17 year olds, I don't think I would even, after the stress of the rescue be thinking about that!
The driver should have said, hey kid if you come with us it will be very expensive!
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 07:29 PM by Char-Lee
Originally posted by Juggernog
Originally posted by antonia
reply to post by Juggernog
If you hit your head and you get a headache you better go to the doc. Certain brain injuries present themselves first as a headache.
So, the pounding waves gave him a concussion?
have you ever been sucked into a wave and out to sea, or been pounded into the sand by a wave. The kid used his abilities to swim to save a life, but he certainly risked his own. This is NOT sweet southern Ca waters!
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 07:38 PM by Juggernog
Originally posted by Char-Lee
Originally posted by Juggernog
Originally posted by antonia
reply to post by Juggernog
If you hit your head and you get a headache you better go to the doc. Certain brain injuries present themselves first as a headache.
So, the pounding waves gave him a concussion?
have you ever been sucked into a wave and out to sea, or been pounded into the sand by a wave. The kid used his abilities to swim to save a life, but he certainly risked his own. This is NOT sweet southern Ca waters!
Oh give it a rest ffs.. yes i have swam in all types of surf conditions. no, my head has never slammed into the bottom and I have never sustained a concussion or any other type of head injury from swimming in the surf.
The entire point of the thread was.. Why did this kid get a medical bill?
The answer is, he went to the hospital.. period.
Now who pays for it? Who cares.
Its not my problem, nor is it yours.
reply posted on 4-8-2012 @ 07:40 PM by Char-Lee
Originally posted by Juggernog
Originally posted by Char-Lee
Originally posted by Juggernog
Originally posted by antonia
reply to post by Juggernog
If you hit your head and you get a headache you better go to the doc. Certain brain injuries present themselves first as a headache.
So, the pounding waves gave him a concussion?
have you ever been sucked into a wave and out to sea, or been pounded into the sand by a wave. The kid used his abilities to swim to save a life, but he certainly risked his own. This is NOT sweet southern Ca waters!
Oh give it a rest ffs.. yes i have swam in all types of surf conditions. no, my head has never slammed into the bottom and I have never sustained a concussion or any other type of head injury from swimming in the surf.
The entire point of the thread was.. Why did this kid get a medical bill?
The answer is, he went to the hospital.. period.
Now who pays for it? Who cares.
Its not my problem, nor is it yours.
You sound disinterested enough to not be replying all through this thread.
People made it their business when the woman was bullied on the buss enough to get her wealthy! Hope you or your kid never needs rescuing!
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