The US Private Healthcare System fails again

[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.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Honu

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.

Geesh, indeed.

You said: .... sue for healthcare?

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

You then said: ... then I misread the title of the thread.

Yes. That made me think your comment, which you then did not address to Dell but back to me, was indeed directed to me. And again, you called the thread title "absolutely stupid". As I wrote the thread, yeah, I'd say you were talking to me (insert emoticon for little smiley face here)

No. I don't think "America" should pick up the tab for this woman. As I said my concerns were, athletes in those sports cannot get insurance from their private insurers in the US, and foreigners cannot get US privates to write travel insurance for those high-hazard sports - that is a problem I listed, a major fail for US insurance. Or maybe they could get insurance, but it's $50,000 a year or something (what do jocks pay, I wonder?) I also don't know what the deal is why an adults parents would be held responsible for her $300,000. Maybe, as I wondered, they signed something first day. And if so, did that affect the healthcare choice she would or would not have gotten? We know that some hospitals will simply not take self-insured patients, will transfer them elsewhere to a hospital that does. That -that the question needs to be wondered about in the face of a life-threatening emergency - is another major problem with US healthcare.

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Riot

Geesh, indeed.

You said: .... sue for healthcare?

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

You then said: ... then I misread the title of the thread.

Yes. That made me think your comment, which you then did not address to Dell but back to me, was indeed directed to me. And again, you called the thread title "absolutely stupid". As I wrote the thread, yeah, I'd say you were talking to me.

No. I don't think "America" should pick up the tab for this woman. As I said my concerns were, athletes in those sports cannot get insurance from their private insurers in the US, and foreigners cannot get US privates to write travel insurance for those high-hazard sports - that is a problem I listed, a major fail for US insurance. Or maybe they could get insurance, but it's $50,000 a year or something (what do jocks pay, I wonder?) I also don't know what the deal is why an adults parents would be held responsible for her $300,000. Maybe, as I wondered, they signed something first day. And if so, did that affect the healthcare choice she would or would not have gotten? That -that the question needs to be wondered about in the face of a life-threatening emergency - is another major problem with US healthcare.

I was not freaking talking to you lady....you chimed in on my post, you talked to me first. I was commenting and just putting it out there.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by Honu

I was not freaking talking to you lady....you chimed in on my post, you talked to me first. I was commenting and just putting it out there.

I am not angry at you. For god's sakes, you said, "I thought you meant" ... and now you are pissed I responded to that?

[Honu]

Originally Posted by Riot

I am not angry at you. For god's sakes, you said, "I thought you meant" ... and now you are pissed I responded to that?

I was responding to you talking to me first, I addressed no particular person in my first comment. You quoted me and commented so I responded, get it?