I was almost with you until you got to the astrology part... wtf? That sounds just as nutty as the x-ians who want us to believe the "Son" endorses bush. Sorry, but politics blows.
Wouldn't this be where a contract between your HMO and the hospital would come in handy? Since most people in this country have health insurance, I would assume the insurance wouldn't want to pay more than what they would have to and would already have a contract for emergency services in advance. I may be wrong, I don't know much about health insurance, but wouldn't this be at least what the insurance companies would be aiming for? If it doesn't work this way is it because of some well-meaning, yet fundamentally flawed legislation? Another point: health insurance is very expensive now, but that's mostly because so many people use it to purchase services rather than just as an emergency type of treatment with definite financial limits. I'm young and healthy and don't see why I can't pay $50 a month to just have major problems covered. Well, I kinda figure it's because the insurance companies are trying to spread out the costs of those who use the service a lot (the older, more ill). Kinda sucks for me, though, cause I know enough about basic medicine to take care of small probs, if only the gov't didn't so tightly regulate drugs. Okay, enough of my libertarian rantiness for now.
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I was almost with you until you got to the astrology part... wtf? That sounds just as nutty as the x-ians who want us to believe the "Son" endorses bush. Sorry, but politics blows.
Wouldn't this be where a contract between your HMO and the hospital would come in handy? Since most people in this country have health insurance, I would assume the insurance wouldn't want to pay more than what they would have to and would already have a contract for emergency services in advance. I may be wrong, I don't know much about health insurance, but wouldn't this be at least what the insurance companies would be aiming for? If it doesn't work this way is it because of some well-meaning, yet fundamentally flawed legislation? Another point: health insurance is very expensive now, but that's mostly because so many people use it to purchase services rather than just as an emergency type of treatment with definite financial limits. I'm young and healthy and don't see why I can't pay $50 a month to just have major problems covered. Well, I kinda figure it's because the insurance companies are trying to spread out the costs of those who use the service a lot (the older, more ill). Kinda sucks for me, though, cause I know enough about basic medicine to take care of small probs, if only the gov't didn't so tightly regulate drugs. Okay, enough of my libertarian rantiness for now.