Originally Posted by Doug/Liszt Laughing
Samuel,

I know that stuff happens, and it's getting worse all the time. Pretty sad isn't it? I'd bet the only reason the one hospital took him is because either it's a Catholic or Lutheran hospital, or they are required by law.


I wish a religious affiliation made a hospital fair but it was Hugley Medical Center in Burleson, Texas, a Seventh Day Adventist owned hospital that charged us $7000.00 for $1400 worth of services. It actually happened twice. They sent us a bill for $10,500 for a minor surgery. When the insurance paid it, they paid $2800.00. Then the insurance company tried to charge us $1100.00 for the anesthesiologist. They said he was not "in network". The anesthesiologist worked 1/2 hour so I guess he makes $2200.00 an hour. It isn't as if we had a choice because they had approved of the surgeon! This is why we can't let insurance companies, under the pretense of "free enterprise"
profit from our misfortune. There is something fundamentally immoral about that. I think government has the responsibility to protect us all from what clearly is predatory business practice. This isn't "socialism"! This is just common sense. We need a moral compass mounted right in the middle of the hall of congress and our representatives need to stare at it every day before they go to lunch with the lobbyist.

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