2007-07-05 07:29:19 · 17 answers · asked by Ringo G. 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
in the richest country in the world!
2007-07-05 07:33:45 · update #1
They'll let you make an appointment if you don't have insurance.
Once you get to the doctor's receptionist, they place you comfortable on a conveyor belt. It vibrates, so all coins are extracted from your pockets before you even reach the doctor's office. Infomercials advertising various pharmaceutical products, tell you what wonderful drugs you can expect your doctor to prescribe for you. These videos also help to induce sleep. Examination by the doctor takes about 1.5 minutes. Then they send you a bill for $200.
2007-07-05 15:47:42 · answer #1 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Too Funny. I never thought of it that way but it is true, whether you go to a private doctor -- I have never used a HMO-- or to the emergency room, the very first thing the person who checks you in asks for is your insurance card. I've been fortunate to be covered by my husband's insurance so have not had the experience of being turned away. There are a lot of people in this country, however, who have no health insurance but to be fair I honestly don't know how the majority of them fare when it comes to getting a doctor to treat them.
Edit: I agree with Zelda's point in theory but it's not quite as bad as that. You might get to see the Doctor for ten minutes after being shuffled from one waiting room to the next for one hour.
2007-07-07 00:47:34 · answer #2 · answered by Sicilian Godmother 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better that than the pulse having stopped 3 hours before being admitted.
2007-07-05 14:34:37 · answer #3 · answered by Time to Shrug, Atlas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that if I go to the hospital with insurance they are more likely to charge more as the insurance will pay it. I went to the emergency room with walking pnuemonia and was admitted. A friend went in with the same and was given medicine and sent home. She had no insurance. She was charged $300 for the emergency room while my insurance company was charged $800 for it.
2007-07-05 14:36:14 · answer #4 · answered by mnwomen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not true. If anything the insurance companies are the ones who put the halt on surgeries that they don't deem "necessary" The doctors only stop a surgery if the patient does not consent and ER doctors cannot refuse people who come in even if they don't have insurance!
2007-07-05 14:34:03 · answer #5 · answered by lars2682 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think so. I know several doctors personally and their
motivation is not money.
One of them told me that they get so frustrated because they cannot order tests for their patients because of the HMO so they have to make up stories in order to get tests ordered.
Its not the doctors that is the problem. Its the insurance companies that made over 10 billion in profits last year.
2007-07-05 14:33:09 · answer #6 · answered by JF 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe that's not true, If you go to a clinic or a hospital in Mexico you will not get treated if you don't paid, here in USA they will save your life and bill you later other countries is the opposite.
2007-07-05 14:35:42 · answer #7 · answered by mayra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely true. I have to pay before I can see the doctor, and if I need tests or other things, I have to leave another check with the receptionist as I leave.
2007-07-05 14:35:19 · answer #8 · answered by tiny Valkyrie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about US but in my country they do, guess doctors are same everywhere !
2007-07-05 15:10:20 · answer #9 · answered by ★Roshni★ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-07-05 14:31:34 · answer #10 · answered by CHARITY G 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋