PATIENT 1.
IS EXAMINED WITHIN THE HOUR, IS X-RAYED THE SAME DAY, AND HAS A TIME BOOKED FOR SURGERY THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE OPERATION IS $2400.00
PATIENT 2.
GOES TO THE E.R. IS EXAMINED WITHIN THE HOUR, IS X-RAYED THE SAME DAY, AND HAS A TIME BOOKED FOR SURGERY THE FOLLOWING WEEK. GETS NO BILL FOR COPAY OR DEDUCTIBLE. IN FACT GETS NO BILL AT ALL. COST FOR THIS PATIENT $0.00.
SEES HIS FAMILY DOCTOR -AFTER WAITING 3 WEEKS FOR AN APPOINTMENT, THEN WAITS 8 WEEKS TO SEE A SPECIALIST. GETS AN X-RAY, WHICH ISN'T REVIEWED FOR ANOTHER WEEK, AND FINALLY HAS HIS SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 6 MONTHS FROM THEN, PENDING THE REVIEW BOARD'S DECISION ON HIS AGE AND REMAINING VALUE TO SOCIETY. GETS BILL FOR DEDUCTIBLE WHICH IS $7,500.00 AND HAS A COPAY OF 20% WHICH EQUALS $6,000.00. TOTAL COST FOR THIS CITIZEN $13,500.00.
WHY THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT FOR THE THREE PATIENTS?
PATIENT 1. IS A GOLDEN RETRIEVER TAKEN TO A VET.
PATIENT 2. IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.
PATIENT 3. IS A SENIOR CITIZEN ON OBAMACARE.
5 comments:
How true
Patient #3 is the regular citizen.
Yep as always the hard working citizen gets the shaft.
Did anyone see the news this morning that at a speech given by Bill Bubba Clinton even he admitted Obamacare was a "crazy system"?
Obamacare needs to be shoved up congress a&& so far that their heads explodes
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