Thursday, April 26, 2012

Debt Collectors in the E.R. and Delivery Room: Is Profit-Driven Medicine at a Breakpoint?

Imagine that you’ve brought your child to the emergency room and you’re revealing your most private health information to the hospital staff member at the desk, desperate because you fear your child’s very life is at risk. But the desk clerk seems more concerned about getting paid than giving care, and even makes veiled threats against your credit score if you’re not able to cough up the money to cover the bill.

Who is this heartless bureaucrat? Is it a hardened triage nurse? A bored clerk? Would you believe it could be a third-party bill collector posing as a hospital staffer?

the overcharged patient is left at the will of the hospital bill monger's making the hospital refusal of care suspect. right wings said we didn't need Obama Cares because you could go to the poor person health care the ER. now looks like you may have to settle for the Ryan voucher, if you vote republican. this to me smells of right wing think tank influence to make it even worse for "we the people" making it seem like the Pres.'s plan is the reason.

if i'm right and the republican influence is the real driver of this yet another strike by the right in the war on the poor, they need to be exiled to Newt's moon base.please click title

sorry please copy paste additional story and commentary
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434/#47193182