Purely by bad luck, my friend's kid spent a month in the NICU and after a few

Sep 25, 2022
6:49:59am

vagabonder All-American

claims were denied, the hospital and cigna are still arguing over how much of the $480,000 bill my friend should be stuck with. Our healthcare system is broken.

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Purely by bad luck, my friend's kid spent a month in the NICU and after a few

vagabonder

9/25/22 6:49am

We are enjoying neither the benefits of a free-market system nor single-payer.

Courtimedes

9/25/22 6:56am

It was set up to fail. They were clear about that.

panacablue

9/25/22 7:10am

Yup. It was always meant to be a transition. It takes smooth brains to enact a

vagabonder

9/25/22 7:13am

These problems existed before the affordable care act.

Pimpin4Paradise

9/25/22 7:56am

That is true. If they didn't, the ACA would have never had any legs to begin

cougarfan84

9/25/22 6:52pm

Singapore does it right

Dryfire

9/25/22 7:24am

What’s the gist of Singapore Care? Would it work in the states?

broll

9/25/22 8:08am

unfortunately it's too late in the U.S. to implement wholesale changes

demon_llama

9/25/22 8:16am

They use free market forces to drive prices down and quality up.

Dryfire

9/25/22 9:01am

It’s a nearly-pure form of free-market capitalism, with some safety nets. They

seacougar

9/25/22 10:51am

Would be amazing in USA.

broll

10/1/22 5:02pm

Israel also has better outcomes, 75% less cost, 100% insured.

broll

10/1/22 8:27pm

Employment based system is dumb

demon_llama

9/25/22 7:46am

Agreed. Employment shouldn't have anything to do with it.

Dryfire

9/25/22 9:06am

It's thanks to government intervention into wages.

Courtimedes

9/25/22 9:29am

Every time the gov’t meddles, there are unforeseen adjustments and consequences.

seacougar

9/25/22 11:00am

Yep we get the worst of all worlds

Mitty

9/25/22 8:53am

Where does he live? Usually patients are protected from out network charges for

VenturaCoug

9/25/22 7:51am

Logan

vagabonder

9/25/22 8:02am

I don’t have firsthand experience with Utah, but here is some info that might be

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