Off Topic — HabitableZone

Off Topic » in reply to over three-quarters of Americans are satisfied with their health care. I have seen numbers as high as 90 percent

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TB — (archived)

That's because over three quarters of Americans cannot afford health insurance and have their bills paid by the state the live in through an Access plan or they just don't pay their bills.

This is, of course, bullshit backed by nothing, and we'll just leave it at that.

I'm sorry about your wife's experience, and wish it had gone better, but I'm having a hard time believing you are paying for top-of-the-line insurance (I also have PPO) and getting this kind of runaround, never mind a $250 maximum expense (!).

For the record, ESWL machines are not that common, and many are mobile, travelling from hospital to hospital. ESWL is not normally considered a first-line procedure for kidney stones, either.

You honestly think that if the government was covering everything that there would be no "gatekeeping," and everyone would have beds available immediately for a procedure? The idea that in Italy you would have had this procedure with no wait at all is, like the first sentence of your post, pulled out of your hat.

The country should care for me...

You and Raoul would make quite a pair.

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