Currently, 46 million Americans are without health care. Countless others maintain the bare necessity health coverage. In other words, one week of intensive care will place those individuals and their families in debt for the rest of their lives.
A general surgeon earns approximately $6,000 for a one-hour procedure, such as a tonsillectomy or gall bladder removal. One can only image how much a heart or vascular surgeon makes for a three to eight-hour procedure. Health care professionals must consider all additional expenses, from a disposable glove to the CEO’s cut on each and every visit to a care facility.
You have all read about the retired auto employees starting to lose the benefits they worked a minimum of 30 years to receive. Stop and look at hospital employees, where everyone, from department heads to registered nurses to housekeepers, have no guaranteed health benefits upon retirement. There is no pension additives available to defray the costs of the decent insurance they enjoyed while working in their respective medical fields.
This is not just an isolated instance. It happens to be the norm at hospitals and care facilities throughout the United States. In some way, this trend affecting all Americans must be reversed. Please also consider the optical and dental industries in the equation, for they continue to prosper right along with the medical institutions.
How many times have you been in an office, where you are lined up like sheep in what I refer to as the mill mass production process of medical or optical care? Eight rooms available – have a seat, the doctor will be in to spend his allotted five minutes with you to discuss your problem(s). You leave their offices with your head spinning and blood pressure on the rise!
Treat the symptoms with a pill or a cream, and be on your merry way. Oh, don’t forget they will want to see you again in two to three weeks for a follow-up mill trip.
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Amen Brother! Our youngest blew her knee out playing kickball. It was swelling and bruising so I took her to the doctor the next day. As you say, he spent a total of 5 minutes with her ($$). Ordered X-Rays, MRI, crutches and a knee brace ($$$). Since she doesn't usually get sick, her insurance deductible of $500 hadn't been met, so we had to pay out-of-pocket.
On the follow-up,($$) even though he couldn't find anything actually WRONG in the x-rays or MRI, he prescribed 6 weeks of physical therapy ($$$). At this point, our daughter had NO TROUBLE with her knee at all.
I understand the problem with malpractice. There are vultures circling every doctor's office waiting for something that might be considered a mistake.
I understand that doctor's might order unnecessary tests just to cover their butts. Ultimately, we had to make the decision not to continue with his course of treatment. With nothing provably wrong, it all seemed so wasteful.
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