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Originally Posted by Chicks
Kaiser is non-profit, so no shareholders. One of the many reasons I stick with them, besides their consistently being rated higher than just about any other healthcare system.
I guess I had my heart attack just in time; sextuple bypass surgery on July 1st; off all restrictions for lifting (they cut my sternum open) as of today. My total cost: $725, thanks to LBJ. Lots of pills to take daily too, $0 my cost.
Of course, Medicare dips into my SSA income monthly, and Kaiser takes $79/mo, and I've been paying into Medicare and private insurance for decades, but considering that the total cost for anyone uninsured would have been > $500K, a bargain.
BTW, Kaiser's costs are in good part due to the hugely expensive liability insurance that hospitals and doctors are required to carry.
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And again...how much of this would we be rid of with single payer government sponsored health care. Better outcomes at half the price than what we have now. I have a sort of half-brother (my half-sister's half-brother) who is a research scientist and university professor in Sweden. He's been living in the EU for 30 odd years now. We had several discussions about education, gun control, health care and other stuff during his visit here last year. His most powerful statement on health care in this country was..."you people are fucking nuts."