10-21-2008, 04:45 AM
There was a time when a man's pride would preclude him from excepting something for "free" But now days, if you stand on the street corner handing out 100 dollar bills, don't be too surprised if people take them, even those that have plenty, especially, if they can easily rationalize that they are then ones that are really funding the give away. You can't blame them for wanting some of there hard earned corn back.
Folks, there has to be a way we can have low cost cash clinics. But every one must pay for the services they receive, else it is a give away and that will create waste and abuse.
Private insurance has driven the price way out of whack.
I took one of my employees to a clinic and one of the things the clinic did was put an ice pack on the girls elbow. No, it was not a zip-lock bag of ice wrapped in a towel, it was a chemical reactive super duper $100.00 dollar one time use cold pack.
I thought that was insane! But it goes to show you why medical care is so much more expensive than it need be. You can get a 100 count bottle of aspirin at the dollar store for a buck. If you had that bottle of aspirin administered in a hospital they charge 10 bucks per pill. It just goes on and on. Every thing they do is crazy.
Don't you think if they can bend you over like that just with aspirin and ice-packs that they are really gouging you on everything else?
I do realize that we need medical care, but it should be user pay and it can be and should be affordable.
Folks, there has to be a way we can have low cost cash clinics. But every one must pay for the services they receive, else it is a give away and that will create waste and abuse.
Private insurance has driven the price way out of whack.
I took one of my employees to a clinic and one of the things the clinic did was put an ice pack on the girls elbow. No, it was not a zip-lock bag of ice wrapped in a towel, it was a chemical reactive super duper $100.00 dollar one time use cold pack.
I thought that was insane! But it goes to show you why medical care is so much more expensive than it need be. You can get a 100 count bottle of aspirin at the dollar store for a buck. If you had that bottle of aspirin administered in a hospital they charge 10 bucks per pill. It just goes on and on. Every thing they do is crazy.
Don't you think if they can bend you over like that just with aspirin and ice-packs that they are really gouging you on everything else?
I do realize that we need medical care, but it should be user pay and it can be and should be affordable.
