The US Private Healthcare System fails again

[Antitrust32]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

I don't get it. You now want taxpayers to pay for Canadians to have health insurance while in the country? This skier is lucky the accident took place in American and not Canada or she'd likely be dead.

Surely her superior Canadian healthcare policy will pick up med costs while out of the country. No?

fyi the skier did pass away from the accident.

[Riot]

I don't understand why athletes in organized sport: the olympic class, internationals, top level, etc. - don't have high-risk insurance for their sports? Of course you can't be covered by any private insurer for those sports (maybe if you want to pay $50,000 a year or something). But I would think the Olympic team (of course that only covers a few athletes) or international organizations, might provide a high-risk pool for them?

Holding a 30-year-old parents responsible for her medical bills ... I don't get that. Unless the hospital came to them Day One and demanded a signer on her ICU treatment before they would go all-in on treatment options. But to lose your daughter, then lose everything you own (retirement, house, savings, etc) to pay the $300,000 bill.

700,000 medical bankruptcies a year in this country, and most of them have private insurance. It's ridiculous to hire people to pay your healthcare, when they only make money by not paying your healthcare costs. At least they can no longer kick you off for pre-existing conditions and lifetime caps (thank you, Obamacares)

[Honu]

The parents should sue the U.S. for not having universal health care coverage for this non U.S citizen.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Honu

The parents should sue the U.S. for not having universal health care coverage for this non U.S citizen.

Not something I said. Try Dell. Sounds like something he'd say.

[Honu]

Ok then I read the title of the thread wrong which states the US Healthcare system failed again. I thought you meant that our healthcare system failed because it expected the next of kin to pay the bill for medical treatment in trying to save the life of their loved one.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Honu

Ok then I read the title of the thread wrong which states the US Healthcare system failed again.

Yes, but how do you jump to the wild conclusion I want her parents to sue the United States of America for not having universal health care coverage? That's crazy.

I thought you meant that our healthcare system failed because it expected the next of kin to pay the bill for medical treatment in trying to save the life of their loved one.

Maybe you could read the other post I made listing my concerns. Oh, hell, never mind, just jump to whatever conclusions you want.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Riot

Yes, but how do you jump to the wild conclusion I want her parents to sue the United States of America for not having universal health care coverage? That's crazy.



Maybe you could read the other post I made listing my concerns. Oh, hell, never mind, just jump to whatever conclusions you want.

First off my post was NOT directed at YOU!
I just put it out there to add to the thread and the absolute stupidity of the thread title. What country in the world will pick up a huge medical tab for a non-citizen? If the young lady didnt have adequate insurance for herself then she should have stayed in Canada or purchased some. Not everything that is posted is directed at YOU, jeesh.