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Originally Posted by Bladewire
I agree. Liberal plant?
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I said the ''entitlement'' thing earlier
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A lot of the loudest protesters of the Obamacare law, who refuse to buy healthcare insurance, rely on the perceived safety net of -- not being refused medical treatment (Federal regulation mandated to healthcare facilities receiving Medicare payments).
What they don't realize is that the medical facilities (hospitals) are only required to offer life saving treatment until the patient is ambulatory (able to walk out of the building). Blind men can walk out with a white cane! Going blind is not life threatening trauma. It is lifestyle threatening trauma -- granted a terrible thing to happen to anyone.
Get admitted to a hospital with no insurance in a trauma situation = minimal treatment (catch and release -- or take out a 2nd mortgage).
Get admitted to a hospital with Medicaid = get minimal cost mandated treatment.
Get admitted to a hospital with Medicare = get reasonable allowed treatment.
Get admitted to a hospital with private 3rd party payer insurance = I got a private room, in a private hospital, and top class surgeons 3 times and was an outpatient a couple of times in the past 4 years.