Held hostage by American E.R. doctors...
September 28, 2014 9:29 PM   Subscribe

Costs Can Go Up Fast When E.R. Is in Network but the Doctors Are Not "It never occurred to me that the first line of defense, the person you have to see in an in-network emergency room, could be out of the network".... Patients are at the absolute mercy of ER doctors. The American healthcare system is pretty terrifying here, and there is no recourse. At all.
posted by Ky (1 comment total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: This isn't framing that's going to work here, sorry. -- restless_nomad



 
Remember that when libertarians talk about "freedom to contract," this kind of bald fleecing is precisely what they approve of.

I once got hit with $500 worth of lab fees because the PC I saw was in-network but the lab pathologist was not. Know how often this happens in other developed countries? Never.
posted by 1adam12 at 9:39 PM on September 28, 2014 [1 favorite]


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