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<blockquote data-quote="tRidiot" data-source="post: 2921726" data-attributes="member: 9374"><p>If you want to know why it costs so much, think of this - you paid half of the billed cost. You're in the top 10% or more of ER payers. Most people pay less than 10%, and I'd estimate 25-50% pay zero. And those people utilize the ER many MANY times. THAT is what drives up costs and is running healthcare into the ground.</p><p></p><p>2AM:</p><p>My child has a fever of 101F. No, I didn't give them any medicine, I just brought them to the ER.</p><p>My child woke up and vomited once. No, no other symptoms.</p><p>My back has been hurting for about a year. No, I haven't taken anything - Tylenol and ibuprofen "don't work on me".</p><p>I need a note to go back to work. No, I WAS sick, now I'm fine, I just need a work note.</p><p>I have had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for 24 hours.</p><p>I have had a sore throat since 3PM.</p><p>I have had this itchy mild rash for 2 weeks and I don't know what it is. No, no other symptoms.</p><p>I think my child has the mumps. (a virus basically only treated symptomatically)</p><p>I think my child has the chicken pox (a virus basically treated symptomatically)</p><p>I've been coughing for 2 weeks.</p><p></p><p></p><p>All of these are not only true stories, but true REPETITIVE stories at all hours of the day and night. Not a single one of these people will pay a <strong>single thin dime</strong> for their ER visit, the massive, multi-thousand-dollar workups they demand and feel entitled to just because they don't feel well.</p><p></p><p>There is no accountability for patients, insured or not.</p><p>There is no reasonable restraint.</p><p>There is no reason for them NOT to utilize the ER constantly for mild, chronic or acute complaints that my mother and her mother and her mother's mother treated at home for generations. Now everyone thinks they need to rush to the ER.</p><p></p><p>That's why your bill was $2,400 for a simple stomach virus.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tRidiot, post: 2921726, member: 9374"] If you want to know why it costs so much, think of this - you paid half of the billed cost. You're in the top 10% or more of ER payers. Most people pay less than 10%, and I'd estimate 25-50% pay zero. And those people utilize the ER many MANY times. THAT is what drives up costs and is running healthcare into the ground. 2AM: My child has a fever of 101F. No, I didn't give them any medicine, I just brought them to the ER. My child woke up and vomited once. No, no other symptoms. My back has been hurting for about a year. No, I haven't taken anything - Tylenol and ibuprofen "don't work on me". I need a note to go back to work. No, I WAS sick, now I'm fine, I just need a work note. I have had nausea, vomiting and diarrhea for 24 hours. I have had a sore throat since 3PM. I have had this itchy mild rash for 2 weeks and I don't know what it is. No, no other symptoms. I think my child has the mumps. (a virus basically only treated symptomatically) I think my child has the chicken pox (a virus basically treated symptomatically) I've been coughing for 2 weeks. All of these are not only true stories, but true REPETITIVE stories at all hours of the day and night. Not a single one of these people will pay a [B]single thin dime[/B] for their ER visit, the massive, multi-thousand-dollar workups they demand and feel entitled to just because they don't feel well. There is no accountability for patients, insured or not. There is no reasonable restraint. There is no reason for them NOT to utilize the ER constantly for mild, chronic or acute complaints that my mother and her mother and her mother's mother treated at home for generations. Now everyone thinks they need to rush to the ER. That's why your bill was $2,400 for a simple stomach virus. [/QUOTE]
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