tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post3056274935004290187..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Healthcare regulation by exposé Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-10962467818882691062019-09-19T04:36:05.307-04:002019-09-19T04:36:05.307-04:00Thanks for a great article!
American hospitals ha...Thanks for a great article!<br /><br />American hospitals have always had to live with a certain amount of bad debt. Part of this is due to the EMTALA law in the 1980's, which is a wholly unfunded mandate to treat anyone in a health crisis.<br /><br />Hospitals are left to form their own guidelines on charity care. Some states do have regulations on billing the uninsured, but these rules have wide gaps.<br />Thus we rely on lawsuits and bankruptcy courts and media embarassment to alleviate the pain of aggressive collections.Bob Hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889826739646491269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-4383074622256488282019-09-19T00:58:38.200-04:002019-09-19T00:58:38.200-04:00Nice. "KKR is not Dr. Welby."Nice. "KKR is not Dr. Welby." Stan Dornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13421565770622964360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-76916125643888733502019-09-18T06:40:26.653-04:002019-09-18T06:40:26.653-04:00Great article, thanks!
Two quick notes:
Rep Fran...Great article, thanks!<br /><br />Two quick notes:<br /><br />Rep Frank Pallone has been a real stalwart on health care. His name is attached to a lot of progressive legislation since the ACA.<br /><br />The University of Virginia was not profit driven in its cruelty, nor was Zuckerberg Hospital. No group of investors was being enriched.<br /><br />Rather they were arrogant and were assuming that a hospital debt should be harshly collected.<br /><br />My interest in this issue was sparked about 15 years ago, when the Yale University hospital was exposed for financial attacks on vulnerable patients.<br /><br />In the same vein, the federal Department of Education is ruthless in some of its student loan collection practices. Whenever there is debt, someone will step forward to enforce it.....and in the case of education and health care, society needs to protect the vulnerable.Bob Hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889826739646491269noreply@blogger.com