Finest Health Care In The World?
I’m back.
After a $1,000 doctor’s appointment [emergency room], my neighbor got 4 prescriptions that cost over $200 and was released with pneumonia. He actually saw a doctor for 15 minutes, but you get charged just for walking in the door, not what they do for you. There are walk-in clinics in the area, but you have to pay them when you walk in, which most of the people who would use them can’t do. Even if you have a regular doctor, s/he will send you to the emergency room if you need an appointment in less than two weeks.
Florida under the Republicans rejected the Medicaid expansion, so my neighbor doesn’t have insurance to cover the costs. He falls in the gap that the expansion was designed to cover, so he isn’t eligible for the insurance subsidy program.
What a marvelous system we have 😈
