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64. We need Medicare for ALL!

Reply to Bo Zarts (Original post)

Tue Apr 29, 2025, 09:55 AM

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The medical system in this country is so absolutely fucked up and greedy.

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On 9/9/2024 I stopped in Amarillo to get week-old stitches out at an ER facility .. got the bill today: $20,000+ [View all] Bo Zarts Monday OP

I had a general anesthesia operation a few years ago. Never saw a bill, not a cent. Bernardo de La Paz Monday #1

Socialism! Socialism! Thank god we don't have that in the US. Jim__ Monday #10

My father had a nearly year long hospital stay Katnip. Monday #60

Let me guess . . . Ms. Toad Monday #2

K&R CountAllVotes Monday #3

Kick! Heidi Monday #4

Outrageous. Ritabert Monday #5

First I advise to never go to an er for something like this Meowmee Monday #6

The distinction between urgent and non hospital ER is sometimes blurry JCMach1 Monday #11

We also need control of all costs, but yes truth in billing is desperately needed also 😁 Meowmee Monday #14

Sounds like someone is milking the Medicare system progressoid Monday #15

Medicare is the only thing that put in price controls but I believe W or Bush Meowmee Monday #17

Most countries have price controls, Americans get hosed JCMach1 Monday #38

Price control everything and put everyone on salary period Meowmee Monday #56

Medicare and your insurance paid for it? The full amount? Or, do they pay a discounted fee? Jim__ Monday #7

You are very correct. If a place accepts Medicare assignment, they know how much Wonder Why Monday #20

Unless it is a Medicare Advantage plan - Ms. Toad Monday #58

This is true. The entire system needs fixing Joinfortmill Monday #39

Last Christmas I was visiting my brother when my sister got an earring stuck in her ear dsc Monday #8

Amarillo UpInArms Monday #9

Full of Republicans on SSI Ponietz Monday #13

Your first mistake: Entering Texas. Sneederbunk Monday #12

S.O.S. Iamscrewed Monday #16

Couldn't take suturers out with out numbing!!!!! Old Crank Monday #18

Sounds like waste, fraud and abuse Mblaze Monday #19

Lookit that! Best Health Care in the World! Brenda Monday #21

I had an automobile accident after which i was having chest pains. NNadir Monday #22

Wow, a CT and ELG do not cost $95k. That is theft. nt SunSeeker Monday #33

Find a Qi Tam trial lawyer ... Tarzanrock Monday #23

Won't do any good. Doctors and hospitals charge astronomical fees because in the 1970s Medicare and other insurers Silent Type Monday #40

I'm wondering if you could have refused the CT scan? FakeNoose Monday #24

Sure, patients can refuse any treatment, except markodochartaigh Monday #41

The thing about getting a CT scan a week after a potential head injury, Crunchy Frog Monday #44

Thank you for your opinion, doctor. markodochartaigh Monday #48

What a horror story! Martin68 Monday #25

It's NOT patients who do Medicare fraud, it's the BIG MEDICAL CORPORATIONS doing the fraud Attilatheblond Monday #26

I have noticed an increasing amount DENVERPOPS Monday #27

Veterinary medicine has gotten the same way. nt leftyladyfrommo Monday #54

For many more years DENVERPOPS Monday #57

I am glad that most of it is covered by Medicare senseandsensibility Monday #28

Get an itemized bill Warpy Monday #29

Moral of the story . . . LovelyStuff Monday #30

My old horse doc was great for stuff like that. multigraincracker Monday #31

Amarillo mamacita75 Monday #32

That's outrageous. For future reference, it's easy to remove your own stitches. Vinca Monday #34

outrageous. barbtries Monday #35

UnFing believable Joinfortmill Monday #36

It's quite OK when racist redneck republican doctors rip off Medicare and US taxpayers wolfie001 Monday #37

Republican BigMin28 Monday #51

Florida once again wolfie001 Monday #61

Sounds like Medicare fraud on their part. Crunchy Frog Monday #42

Medicare will cover the service. But they'll pay less than $500 and the ER has to write-off the remainder. Silent Type Monday #49

My Recent Experience Supports This ProfessorGAC Monday #43

medical industrial complex. pansypoo53219 Monday #45

We do not have a health care system. markodochartaigh Monday #47

I started my nursing career in markodochartaigh Monday #46

Enshittification contaminates every crevice of this broken world Ponietz Monday #55

When I needed sutures taken out in 1963 John Farmer Monday #50

"wealthcare" - gotta keep those billionaires CEOS in gilded houses and yachts and keep stockholders happy. nt CousinIT Monday #52

The CT scan was obviously to see if you were pregnant. Turbineguy Monday #53

October '24 in Athens Greece my Dr. bill $150 for meds and visit. live love laugh Monday #59

So sorry to hear about your fall. I would have... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #62

(Mostly Off-Topic) What wyn borkins Tuesday #63

We need Medicare for ALL! Clouds Passing Tuesday #64

never go to get stitched removed. Javaman Tuesday #65

wow- what an ordeal you went through (and so unnecessary). sorry about that. glad you only had to orleans Tuesday #66

Rip off Timeflyer Tuesday #67

Deregulated capitalism at work. It's in its nature. KPN Tuesday #68