12.20.2009

my expensive 12 day vacation

1 Private Med/Surg $4,380.00
2 Intensive Care Post ICU $2,080.00
3 Cor Care General $18,900.00
4 Pharmacy General $3,318.34
5 Pharmacy Self Administered $4,096.12
6 Pharmacy IV Solutions $2,569.93
7 Pharmacy Other $97.49
8 IV Therapy General $475.00
9 M/S Supply General $654.38
10 M/S Supply Sterile Supply $2,578.46
11 Laboratory General $1,137.00
12 Laboratory Chemistry $6,784.00
13 Laboratory Immunology $744.00
14 Lab Hematology $2,509.00
15 Lab Bacteriology/Microbio $1,476.00
16 Lab Urology $230.00
17 Radiology Diag General $485.00
18 Radiology Diag Chest Xray $1,500.00
19 Cat Scan Head $889.00
20 OR Svcs General $7,207.00
21 Blood Stor/Proc General $3,452.00
22 Oth Imag Ultrasound $246.00
23 Respiratory SVC General $12,296.00
24 Physical Therapy General $414.00
25 Physical Therapy Evaluate $39.00
26 Occupational TPY General $50.00
27 Occupational TPY Hour CHG $180.00
28 Occupational TPY Evaluate $39.00
29 Speech Pathology Evaluation $114.00
30 Emergency Room General $2,098.00
31 Pulmonary Function General $3,226.00
32 Clinic General $1,573.00
33 MRI Brain (inc brainstem) $2,180.00
34 Drug Spec ID Detail Coding $9,282.04
35 EEG General $753.00
36 Psych SVCS Rehabilitation $277.00
37 Other Ther General $176.00
38 Prof Fees Other $32.00
39 CRNA Services $1,836.00
40 Rapid City Emergency Physician $655.00

ADJ UNINSURED $10,102.88
Billed Charges to date: $101,028.76
Total Due: $90,925.88

PLEASE HELP!

3 comments:

  1. Hi Douglas. This situation just doesn't happen in the UK.
    The US would do better (and it would be more socially just) if you copied the health policy of the UK or Cananda!

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  2. Ouch. One more reason why socialized health care isn't the boogieman everyone should be afraid of.

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  3. Bazza: If we copied the the health policy of any Western industrialized nation.

    Holly: It clearly isn't, but one of the great challenges is that in politics today, it's, and I'm sorry to be trite, sound bites. No one's taken the time to explain healthcare to the American public. I believe I read somewhere that not a single Senator has read the bill, relying instead on aids who draw their own conclusions.

    Douglas: I hope you're doing alright now. Just stiff the SOBs.

    How challenging just rising in the morning has become to to face the world as it is today, with a self-aggrandizing Congress caring only about re-election and a President with a staff that is extraordinary when it comes to election campaigns, but almost wholly unsuited to management...and this coming from a old line liberal Democrat.

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