American paying $10,000/day for respirator just glad he’s not living in a socialist hell like Norway

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American paying $10,000/day for respirator just glad he’s not living in a socialist hell like Norway

By Caz Smith

Local American Brad Jones has today thanked his lucky stars that he lives in a country that affords him the freedom to pay $10,000 a day to be kept alive on a respirator, instead of having to live under the crushing burden of socialism like those unlucky chumps in Norway.

“This is what real freedom feels like,” wheezed Brad, before being told by doctors that his insurance had denied his latest claim. “Imagine being forced to pay a small amount of your income each year to get free healthcare, instead of paying a large amount of your income each year and ending up having to pay your hospital costs anyway when your insurance company turns down your claim. God I love freedom.”

However, Brad’s children are not entirely convinced, stating that they actually would have preferred to have eaten this week. “Compared to the prospect of being homeless and not being able to afford to put food on the table because all of dad’s income is going to medical costs, having a bit of government involved in our lives actually doesn’t sound too bad,” explained 8 year old Emily. “Don’t get me wrong, I love that we’re a small part of ensuring that the Anthem Insurance CEO gets paid $15.5 million a year. It’s just that I can’t help but wonder what it would be like if that money had been spent on healthcare instead, you know? But I guess that’s crazy socialist talk. 

https://chaser.com.au/world/american-paying-10000-day-for-respirator-just-glad-hes-not-living-in-a-socialist-hell-like-norway/

 

 

 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

46 minutes ago, CanAm1980 said:

American paying $10,000/day for respirator just glad he’s not living in a socialist hell like Norway

By Caz Smith

Local American Brad Jones has today thanked his lucky stars that he lives in a country that affords him the freedom to pay $10,000 a day to be kept alive on a respirator, instead of having to live under the crushing burden of socialism like those unlucky chumps in Norway.

“This is what real freedom feels like,” wheezed Brad, before being told by doctors that his insurance had denied his latest claim. “Imagine being forced to pay a small amount of your income each year to get free healthcare, instead of paying a large amount of your income each year and ending up having to pay your hospital costs anyway when your insurance company turns down your claim. God I love freedom.”

However, Brad’s children are not entirely convinced, stating that they actually would have preferred to have eaten this week. “Compared to the prospect of being homeless and not being able to afford to put food on the table because all of dad’s income is going to medical costs, having a bit of government involved in our lives actually doesn’t sound too bad,” explained 8 year old Emily. “Don’t get me wrong, I love that we’re a small part of ensuring that the Anthem Insurance CEO gets paid $15.5 million a year. It’s just that I can’t help but wonder what it would be like if that money had been spent on healthcare instead, you know? But I guess that’s crazy socialist talk. 

https://chaser.com.au/world/american-paying-10000-day-for-respirator-just-glad-hes-not-living-in-a-socialist-hell-like-norway/

You know hospitals get paid more money for Covid patients right?

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7 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

You know hospitals get paid more money for Covid patients right?

 

      It's highlighting the cost of treatment in the USA vs other countries, not comparing the cost of different treatments in the USA against each other. The general point is you are paying a lot more for treatment in the USA than other countries. I don't think there is any point of contention on that.

 

  Then they use satire to poke fun at Americans for defending such an asinine health care system. I'm not really sure we are defending it much as we are stuck between two stubborn political parties who would rather rot in Hell than come to a compromise to find a workable solution. They probably could have ended by saying that's how James Madison would have wanted it, but you get the point.

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Just now, Steeleballz said:

 

      It's highlighting the cost of treatment in the USA vs other countries, not comparing the cost of different treatments in the USA against each other. The general point is you are paying a lot more for treatment in the USA than other countries. I don't think there is any point of contention on that.

 

  Then they use satire to poke fun at Americans for defending such an asinine health care system. I'm not really sure we are defending it much as we are stuck between two stubborn political parties who would rather rot in Hell than come to a compromise to find a workable solution. They probably could have ended by saying that's how James Madison would have wanted it, but you get the point.

I know what it is doing and overall it is correct but it is not telling the whole truth. It has been proven that hospitals are charging more for Covid patients because the government is footing the bill for it. 

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16 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

You know hospitals get paid more money for Covid patients right?

You know it is satire right?

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Just now, CanAm1980 said:

You know it is satire right?

Nope, I did not realize that. So I guess I have a new site to not go off of now

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1 minute ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I know what it is doing and overall it is correct but it is not telling the whole truth. It has been proven that hospitals are charging more for Covid patients because the government is footing the bill for it. 

 

   No, the government is paying more for Covid treatment because a 14 day stay in ICU on a ventilator in isolation with 2 ICU nurses following full contact and airborne precautions costs more than being in hospital with the flu. 

 

   

 

 

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12 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   No, the government is paying more for Covid treatment because a 14 day stay in ICU on a ventilator in isolation with 2 ICU nurses following full contact and airborne precautions costs more than being in hospital with the flu. 

That and they are paying more for the same treatment than a Non-covid patient because everything is marked up

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18 minutes ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

I know what it is doing and overall it is correct but it is not telling the whole truth. It has been proven that hospitals are charging more for Covid patients because the government is footing the bill for it. 

Yep. Excesses like this to me are part of the parody. It's a shoddy, corporatist system of pointlessly inflated cost designed to drive up the revenues for a specific few while screwing the vast majority. I liked the first joke better though.

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1 minute ago, Cyberfx1024 said:

That and they are paying more for the same treatment than a Non-covid patient because everything is marked up

 

         Non-Covid patients don't ever get the same treatment as Covid patients. Medicare pays ~ 20% more for the treatment of Covid patients because they estimate that is how much more it costs, per hospital stay, to treat than someone with Covid relative to a similar non Covid illness. 

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53 minutes ago, Steeleballz said:

 

   No, the government is paying more for Covid treatment because a 14 day stay in ICU on a ventilator in isolation with 2 ICU nurses following full contact and airborne precautions costs more than being in hospital with the flu. 

 

   

 

 

And the smart money move? Stay at home and mask up!