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If I take one of my dogs to the vet for an emergency, the wonderful people there will immediately stabilize him, then quickly let me know what charges have accrued, what they'd like to do next & how much that will cost. I can ask questions, push back, or even transfer him.
Yet if *I* go to an emergency room, it's my experience that many things may be done to me with little explanation or opportunity to ask questions, and I won't have the slightest idea what any of this is costing me until weeks later when a bill arrives. Wtf?
Could try going 2 a medical clinic 4 the poor .
This is a good option for chronic issues & preventative care, when you have time to look at what's available to you — I'm talking about what steps you can take if you need emergency care & are concerned about predatory billing. Hospitals are not req'd to provide all types of care
Worse yet, your federal taxes fund hospital ERs directly. Since hospitals take federal ER subsidies, they should also agree to a price mechanism and at an absolute minimum disclose the prices. In an emergency, who can negotiate price anyway?
And if you push back just a little, the bill may magically get slashed 70%. Like “ok nvm those $25,000 were just for fun lol”
Nobody working at the ER (or non-ER medicine in many cases) has any idea about prices. Sometimes the billing department doesn’t even know.
It is so strange to imagine health care working this way. It just seems ridiculous when you’re used to universal health care, tbh. Dumb and cruel.
I dislocated my shoulder last week. I have a vague memory of signing something on admission to the ER, but I also would have given up the launch codes to the nukes under that much pain.
the fact that human insurance is common and pet insurance is not seems relevant
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