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Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Hip Surgery Scenerio

THREE PATIENTS LIMP INTO THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS’ WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT....THEY ALL HAVE TROUBLE WALKING AND MAY REQUIRE HIP SURGERY...

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:

Anonymous said...

How true

Anonymous said...

Patient #3 is the regular citizen.

Anonymous said...

Yep as always the hard working citizen gets the shaft.

Anonymous said...

Did anyone see the news this morning that at a speech given by Bill Bubba Clinton even he admitted Obamacare was a "crazy system"?

Anonymous said...

Obamacare needs to be shoved up congress a&& so far that their heads explodes