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originally posted by: HardCorps
I hate to sound cold hearted to these people's plights... but dollar wise... If I came down with Ebola the cost not the illness might just be the death of me.
originally posted by: HardCorps
Like most of you I've been watching the news reports coming out of Dallas...
Point of fact, my Wife an ER nurse here in Colorado believes that Thomas Eric Duncan, not being a US citizen didn't have insurance so when he first shows up in that Texas Hospital... they gave him a box of tissues and sent him on his marry way...
Anyway, My wife and I are covered by an HMO... in other words is we came down with Ebola they would pay for the first 3 days of our hospital stay... any longer would be on us...
Then we have the people Thomas Eric Duncan was staying with... they have been quarantine for 21 days right... is there anyone among us who can skip work for twenty one days... then who's going to get the bill for having their car decontaminated? or paying to have the sidewalks power-washed?
I hate to sound cold hearted to these people's plights... but dollar wise... If I came down with Ebola the cost not the illness might just be the death of me.
originally posted by: anxietydisorder
You guys should really get that sorted out, because getting ill shouldn't be a debt sentence.
originally posted by: anxietydisorder
100% medical coverage for me, all of my family, and pretty much everyone I know. But we're Canadians, and I'll be the first to admit having no understanding of the convoluted system of health care that goes on south of our border.
You guys should really get that sorted out, because getting ill shouldn't be a debt sentence.
originally posted by: spirit_horse
a reply to: HardCorps
That brings up another thought. Congress should pass a simple law that says if you catch Ebola and it is confirmed, that a company can not fire you because of the quarantine time lost from work.
"What our surveys show is a reminder that we do not have a national health care system, but a fragmented collection of private healthcare companies each with their own way of responding,” Castillo said.
Finally, Castillo said criminalizing the patient in Dallas or elsewhere is “exactly the wrong approach and will do nothing to stop Ebola or any other pandemic.”