When are we going to wise up and call the health care industry the SCAM that it is

Discussion in 'Wall St. News' started by stock777, Nov 9, 2008.

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    #31     Nov 9, 2008
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    #32     Nov 9, 2008
  3. jprad

    jprad

    Believe what you want but, when you're born, you're cooked.

    When you're cooked, you're done.
     
    #33     Nov 9, 2008
  4. karol88

    karol88

     
    #34     Nov 10, 2008
  5. jprad

    jprad

    Learn the basics about carcinogens and you'll know that no immune system is a match for UV, ionizing radiation, asbestos, trichlorotriflourothane, DEET, Agent Orange, etc. ad nauseam.
     
    #35     Nov 10, 2008
  6. Then why does a hospital charge an insurance company $10,000 but demand $40,000 for the same procedure from someone without insurance and paying cash?


     
    #36     Nov 10, 2008
  7. karol88

    karol88


    so how come there are less unhealthy people in Europe than in th US (where many are fat, lazy and feeding on junk)

    here is one study (there are many more)
    http://www.bcbs.com/news/national/europe-healthier-than-u-s.html
     
    #37     Nov 10, 2008
  8. W4rl0ck

    W4rl0ck

    Negotiated rates.

    Unbelievable, huh?

    You'd think they'd WANT CASH and save all the bullshit processing overhead.

    Of course if you pay cash you can probably negotiate the bill down on your own.

    Just another example of how fucked up it is. The admin overhead for insurance processing is HUGE.

    OTOH it employs many of the semi-literate population of Amerika. So if they didn't have that to do they'd prolly be homeless.

     
    #38     Nov 10, 2008

  9. You mean stress .... yea in this day and age that is an easy one to eliminate.

    Lifestyle - you mean i should start jogging with the rest of the people in the park which is next to a highway?

    What do you advocate? Eating vegetarian? Going full organic? Moving to northern Canada and getting off the grid?

    Wouldn't it be easier to be able to have a decent and affordable health care????

    I know,I know. What would the insurance companies do? wouldn't their health suffer as a result? We can't have that.
     
    #39     Nov 10, 2008
  10. karol88

    karol88

    join a gym, tell your wife to cook from scratch and don’t shy away from a farmers market...it's that easy....easier than going from doctor to doctor and taking plenty of drugs that usually only relieve the symptoms and don't cure the disease...or even worse: make you sick (like the cholesterol drug Vytorin suspected of causing cancer)
     
    #40     Nov 10, 2008