Socialized Health Care in the USA

[kandrathe]

Right, so they skip all of the preventative care, and cheaper solutions, and go right for the single most expensive way to administer health care, and then stick the hospital with the bill, because there is no way they can afford to pay it. So the hospital raises everyone else's rates to cover the ones that never get paid. So you still end up paying for it, and its about as inefficient as possible.

I'm not saying it makes any sense.

http://www.simplecare.com/ Almost everyone can afford $1000/year. If not, let the hospital sign them up for Medicaid at admit time.

Hospitals should just open a 24 hour clinic adjacent to the emergency room, and when a non-critical illness or injury arrives defer them to the clinic.