The reason why WE pay outrageous fees, is because the "poor folk" (many on welfare or here illegally) are "entitled" to get their medical care for free. Those costs are then passed onto everyone else.
That's part of their excuse... Or at least that is what they force us to deduce in order to be at eachother's throats. The truth is much more sinister.
Bring it all the way back to the start.
If the charges were fair and not attempted rape, everyone would be able to afford the care
Then we wouldn't be paying for anyone aside from ourselves.
I'll go out on a limb and just say it: all insurance is money laundering.
When one select group abuses the system for free (ie uses Ambulance as a Taxi system, ER as primary care, fraudulent identities, rushes across the border for medical care, etc) - the hospital will write off what they can, pass what they can to the taxpayers and/or go bankrupt
Google “hospital bankruptcies border town” and you will see articles about Arizona, California, Texas and more going bankrupt. This denies US citizens access to medial care WE NEED and WE PAY for
So hospitals do the only thing they can. When Fed laws DEMAND they provide services, and the recipients refuse to pay - we all get screwed. So they raise the rates for those who can and will pay
For example, walk into the maternity ward of your choice; see how many migrant babies are there; then realize YOU paid for all costs of their birth, will pay all pediatric costs and they will likely have kids before they are out of pediatric care themselves
The reason why WE pay outrageous fees, is because the "poor folk" (many on welfare or here illegally) are "entitled" to get their medical care for free. Those costs are then passed onto everyone else.
That's part of their excuse... Or at least that is what they force us to deduce in order to be at eachother's throats. The truth is much more sinister.
Bring it all the way back to the start.
If the charges were fair and not attempted rape, everyone would be able to afford the care
Then we wouldn't be paying for anyone aside from ourselves.
I'll go out on a limb and just say it: all insurance is money laundering.
When one select group abuses the system for free (ie uses Ambulance as a Taxi system, ER as primary care, fraudulent identities, rushes across the border for medical care, etc) - the hospital will write off what they can, pass what they can to the taxpayers and/or go bankrupt
Google “hospital bankruptcies border town” and you will see articles about Arizona, California, Texas and more going bankrupt. This denies US citizens access to medial care WE NEED and WE PAY for
So hospitals do the only thing they can. When Fed laws DEMAND they provide services, and the recipients refuse to pay - we all get screwed. So they raise the rates for those who can and will pay
For example, walk into the maternity ward of your choice; see how many migrant babies are there; then realize YOU paid for all costs of their birth, will pay all pediatric costs and they will likely have kids before they are out of pediatric care themselves
I know all that. But the cost is 100% manufactured for massive profit without any of that.
It only escalates further when you factor in what you just explained.
If so, then why are so many hospitals going bankrupt?
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/wa-hospitals-facing-unsustainable-financial-losses-in-danger-of-cutting-services/
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2020/02/18/why-some-hospitals-are-going-bankrupt-and-others-are-making-billions.html
https://therealdeal.com/2022/04/03/locals-scramble-to-raise-70m-to-buy-california-citys-only-hospital-out-of-bankruptcy/
https://wchstv.com/news/special-reports/iteam-investigates-why-are-wva-hospitals-going-bankrupt
https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/the-case-of-the-disappearing-hospital-beds/427211/
If, as you claim, Hospitals are making a profit - then wouldn't the logical response be "make more of them"?