Also, pts are discouraged from exercising their right to refuse health care by leaving the hospital when the hospital staff informs the pt that if the patient leaves Against Medical Advice that the insurance company will not pay for any of the stay, and the patient will be responsible. It's a rotten system.
The good that comes from all of this is that we are learning what we need to change and what we need to do next time. If they think their grammar fraud legal system gives them the right to own us, they are wrong. Fraud nullifies all contracts.
YES. My sister in law was told, when she got bells palsy from the clot shot, that if she walked out of the hospital she would be liable for the whole bill. Insurance would not cover it. She had to stay there and do whatever they said, just to get coverage. If she walked out and went somewhere else for the same problem, she would not be covered. She was essentially at their mercy. It was awful.
Also, pts are discouraged from exercising their right to refuse health care by leaving the hospital when the hospital staff informs the pt that if the patient leaves Against Medical Advice that the insurance company will not pay for any of the stay, and the patient will be responsible. It's a rotten system.
That sounds like something that should be challenged in court.
You can't have informed consent when they threaten to cut benefits if you don't do exactly as they say.
I agree with you. It really does take the choice away from the patient.
The good that comes from all of this is that we are learning what we need to change and what we need to do next time. If they think their grammar fraud legal system gives them the right to own us, they are wrong. Fraud nullifies all contracts.
YES. My sister in law was told, when she got bells palsy from the clot shot, that if she walked out of the hospital she would be liable for the whole bill. Insurance would not cover it. She had to stay there and do whatever they said, just to get coverage. If she walked out and went somewhere else for the same problem, she would not be covered. She was essentially at their mercy. It was awful.
Like a prisoner.