tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post8507043672844032173..comments2023-10-09T03:51:11.915-07:00Comments on Hot Blava: That Cost Me What?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-68182756242853841282009-09-09T20:35:36.748-07:002009-09-09T20:35:36.748-07:00I have obviously become very cynical lately-I hone...I have obviously become very cynical lately-I honestly don't believe any of our politicians care at all about helping us have better care, I think they just want to get re-elected. BUG! Have I mentioned I am now a Libertarian? :)ShelleyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005986667848266048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-91882472960272014392009-09-09T20:29:07.216-07:002009-09-09T20:29:07.216-07:00This should be a state's issue. I am extremel...This should be a state's issue. I am extremely alarmed at the creation of new government. As an employer who buys health care for their employees, we are alarmed at the skyrocketing costs. But there should be a free market solution. We have to know what we are paying for our care and we should pay out of pocket for the normal stuff and have insurance for the big, unexpected stuff (Like Gid). I have heard that this bill won't even go into effect until 2013-is that true? I don't know, but wouldn't be surprised. I know health care needs to change, but it is not the federal gov'ts place to do it!!ShelleyGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005986667848266048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6613311.post-15315638762858617782009-09-09T06:57:42.302-07:002009-09-09T06:57:42.302-07:00Connor - I am going through the same with my own h...Connor - I am going through the same with my own hospitalization last spring. I was billed several hundred dollars for a "hospitalist" to visit with my twice during my 6 day hospital stay. Each time she was in my room for maybe 5 minutes max. <br /><br />I also discovered that there are certain "rules" that are set up that make no sense at all. For example, because my infection was the direct result of a car accident, I had to go to the EMERGENCY ROOM every time I needed someone to look at it. At $800.00 a pop (before insurance payments) 5 visits to the ER added up fast! And that was just the hospital's portion - the doctors billed above that. It would have been nice to know, in advance, what and WHO to expect bills from. That has been the frustrating thing for me. I have separate bills for each doctor that saw me plus the hospital plus radiology plus the hospitalist plus.....even for someone as obsessively organized as I get with things like this (I am the spreadsheet queen) it's hard to keep track of it all.<br /><br />This is why reform is needed. Unfortunately what has been proposed will not fix any of this.<br /><br />LLThe Lady Logicianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441251478384866408noreply@blogger.com