US-Krankenversicherungs-Irrsinn
Mal wieder eine Bestätigung, dass Michael Moore bei seinem Film
SiCKO Recht hatte: Das grösste Problem des US-Gesundheitswesens sind nicht die Unversicherten, es sind die Versicherten, die den Ärzten, Kliniken, Krankenkassen hilflos ausgeliefert sind.In der NY Times berichtet die Journalistin MP Dunleavey über die Abrechnung ihrer Blinddarmoperation.
Lying on the gurney in the emergency room last May, facing an appendectomy, I should have been focused on my well-being. Instead, all I could think was: What is this going to cost? It was not that I was uninsured. But I had pre-operation financial anxiety about the prospect of dealing with my insurance company in regard to surgery that had not even happened yet.
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As it turned out, the appendectomy was a success, but there was plenty of fretting once the actual bills arrived. The first one landed about two weeks after the operation and they did not stop for months. Each statement a revision of the last, except when they were duplicates. Each commanded in large block letters: Payment is due upon receipt of this invoice.
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As it turned out, the appendectomy was a success, but there was plenty of fretting once the actual bills arrived. The first one landed about two weeks after the operation and they did not stop for months. Each statement a revision of the last, except when they were duplicates. Each commanded in large block letters: Payment is due upon receipt of this invoice.
Als gesetzlich Versicherter in Deutschland liest man das mit erschrockenem Staunen. Nebenbei, hier zu Lande hätte der Eingriff dem Krankenhaus nach den Fallpauschalen, abhängig vom Basisfallwert der Klinik und der Schwere der Komplikationen ca. zwischen 1900 Euro und 3800 Euro gebracht. In den USA schuldete Dunleavey dem Krankenhaus alleine $2.879,15 als Selbstbeteiligung.
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| Autor: strappato 2007-12-30 Link (0 Kommentare) Ihr Kommentar |
