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What Mike said. I’ve worked for…more than a few companies in my life. Eleven companies total, 12 counting the military. I joined the military in 1986, I was 19. That was the first time in my life I could just go to the doctor. Military medicine is hit or miss as hell, but... https://twitter.com/mikemchargue/status/1348755690446196737
…compared to “if it’s not bad enough for the ER, you don’t go to the doc”, it was AMAZING.
After that, there were…three times when my insurance was good enough to just use sans frivolity like checkups where there weren’t massive copays:
1) My first wife worked for humana.
After that, there were…three times when my insurance was good enough to just use sans frivolity like checkups where there weren’t massive copays:
1) My first wife worked for humana.
if you can swing this, I highly recommend working for or having a spouse work for a healthcare provider. Very handy.
2) I worked for MIT, who had their own hospital. Two in fact. Tiny network, but very affordable.
3) I worked for two companies that used Capital Health....
2) I worked for MIT, who had their own hospital. Two in fact. Tiny network, but very affordable.
3) I worked for two companies that used Capital Health....
…a non-profit based in tallahassee with no real interest in becoming any bigger. As a result, they’re cheap as hell to use. How cheap?
One fine labor day weekend, I spent…five days or so in a cardiac ward. Caths, CAT scans, the whole bit. Discovered I had a myocardial bridge.
One fine labor day weekend, I spent…five days or so in a cardiac ward. Caths, CAT scans, the whole bit. Discovered I had a myocardial bridge.
My total out of pocket cost was…like $400.
Which for some would be huge, but holy shit. for a week inna damned hospital cardiac ward? Fuck dude, that’s almost free.
See, that’s the thing, there’s no reason this shit has to be so expensive. It’s not a requirement. At all.
Which for some would be huge, but holy shit. for a week inna damned hospital cardiac ward? Fuck dude, that’s almost free.
See, that’s the thing, there’s no reason this shit has to be so expensive. It’s not a requirement. At all.
You can literally see it in action. In the US. To-fucking-DAY. But note the critical part: non-profit. That’s the trick. Capital Health is a non-profit HMO, they don’t have a stock price to care about or shareholders to please. They just have to do a little better than break even
But as soon as, the *instant* you introduce profit and shareholder value into things, it’s all fucked.
So don’t tell me the for-profit is the only way to have good healthcare, I literally have the fucking receipts that show otherwise.
What mike is going through is fucked up.
So don’t tell me the for-profit is the only way to have good healthcare, I literally have the fucking receipts that show otherwise.
What mike is going through is fucked up.
But until we all admit that we literally have a better, scaleable way that we could start implementing *today*?
Better get ready to e-Beg for your medical bills, because bubba, that’s what you’re doing.
Better get ready to e-Beg for your medical bills, because bubba, that’s what you’re doing.
