I will laugh my butt off when medicine prices itself out of existence and MQ has

closing with the speed of light because they can't afford to
keep their doors open.

I have a friend who has no insurance and she has a bladder
thing going on - she could have cancer - it looks like it to me but I'm not going to tell her that of course.

She has been to this stupid walk in clinic 3 times - and some nurse practitioner has "seen" her - has never done an exam on her, never even touched her! And so far she has paid for 3 office visits at $70 a pop, plus the medication at over $150 so far.
No doctor in sight - I have a sneaky suspicion this doctor is not in the picture but there in name only.

Without insurance, without the money to pay for visits, without jobs - how the heck do doctors and hospitals think they will keep their customer base?

They can ask for $1000 for a trip through the ER where the doctor does nothing but fly in, write a script, and fly out - if you are even lucky enough to see somebody that high up on the food chain! - But they can't get blood out of a turnip, and they won't get money out of theh patients going there. And soon like hundreds of other hospitals around the country - that hospital will close - the one who has the nerve to require $1000 for a "nothing" visit.

Enjoy your Lexus and pool now, doc, because your bubble is fixin to bust.

Follow Ups:

• My daughers ER CT scan was $8K, the one that was scheduled the day before her - surgery was $3K.....$5K just 16:58:46 04/17/05 (1)
  • Actually the ER was $9K, nut! - NM - Laura E. 16:59:58 04/17/05 (0)
• even with ins., out of pocket is high - a patient with ins. 12:58:27 04/17/05 (0)
• What? - MT 10:49:17 04/17/05 (2)
  • Sorry you can't grasp what I wrote. When medicine prices itself out of business - and hospitals close-------duh 11:00:04 04/17/05 (1)
    • Sorry, etc. - MT 11:12:53 04/17/05 (0)