I HATE our health care system

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  • bluesky51201
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:14 AM

• I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?
  

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  • ReachtotheStars
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:16 AM

• I have to say being only 21 with no family around and a young dh as well I don't know what ERs do just what our HC company says our co-pay is and my dh just told me he had a meeting at work last week our co-pay is now $150. 

  I also don't know what staph infection really is as far as it looks right now is a really bad blister.  I am not finding much concrete info on the net about it. 
  

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?
  

  
  

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  • Cherish77
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:18 AM

• Can't you apply for Medi-caid, or does your SO make to much?

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  • Davids_Wife1307
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:19 AM

• Just go to the ER tell them up front that you can't pay today. I have never heard of an ER turning away someone. As far as finding concrete info online, well I just wouldn't trust it.
  

  Quoting ReachtotheStars:
  
  

  I have to say being only 21 with no family around and a young dh as well I don't know what ERs do just what our HC company says our co-pay is and my dh just told me he had a meeting at work last week our co-pay is now $150. 

  I also don't know what staph infection really is as far as it looks right now is a really bad blister.  I am not finding much concrete info on the net about it. 

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?

   

  
  

  
  
  

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  • bluesky51201
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:28 AM

• That's what I thought.  Every ER I've ever been in had a sign saying that no one can be turned away because they can't pay up front for services.  If there was even a remote chance my kid could have staph I'd be at the hospital getting him checked.  I've known a couple of people who had it and it wasn't pleasant at all.
  

  Quoting Davids_Wife1307:
  
  

  Just go to the ER tell them up front that you can't pay today. I have never heard of an ER turning away someone. As far as finding concrete info online, well I just wouldn't trust it.
  

  Quoting ReachtotheStars:
  
  

  I have to say being only 21 with no family around and a young dh as well I don't know what ERs do just what our HC company says our co-pay is and my dh just told me he had a meeting at work last week our co-pay is now $150. 

  I also don't know what staph infection really is as far as it looks right now is a really bad blister.  I am not finding much concrete info on the net about it. 

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  • AutymsMommy
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:48 AM

• You need to take your child to the hospital regardless of the cost. They will set up a payment plan with you.... and they may even be able to let you talk to a social worker who can set you up with a discounted rate. I would never let money, or the lack of, stop me from getting the proper treatment for my child. Maybe it seems harsh, but I took these possibilities into account BEFORE I had children.
  

  I am a Private School sending, Vaccinating, Non spanking, Nightmare Cuddling, Dessert Giving, Homework Helping, Bedtime Kissing, Book Reading, Academic pushing Mum. I believe in the benefit of organized after school activities. I believe in spoiling my children. I believe that I have seen the village and I do not want it raising my child - I will do that, Thank You. I believe that a woman's place is in the home taking care of her house, children and husband. I am submissive and proud, my husband is head of my home. I am a proud, traditional Roman Catholic, as is my husband... Yes we are teaching our daughter that The Church is the only Church.               Aimee
  

  
  

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  • AutymsMommy
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:49 AM

• The only reason that I can think a hospital could turn them away is if it is a private hospital. Only immediately life threatening emergencies will be treated for everyone at a private... so the OP needs to make sure that the hospital is a public hospital.
  

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  That's what I thought.  Every ER I've ever been in had a sign saying that no one can be turned away because they can't pay up front for services.  If there was even a remote chance my kid could have staph I'd be at the hospital getting him checked.  I've known a couple of people who had it and it wasn't pleasant at all.
  

  Quoting Davids_Wife1307:
  
  

  Just go to the ER tell them up front that you can't pay today. I have never heard of an ER turning away someone. As far as finding concrete info online, well I just wouldn't trust it.
  

  Quoting ReachtotheStars:
  
  

  I have to say being only 21 with no family around and a young dh as well I don't know what ERs do just what our HC company says our co-pay is and my dh just told me he had a meeting at work last week our co-pay is now $150. 

  I also don't know what staph infection really is as far as it looks right now is a really bad blister.  I am not finding much concrete info on the net about it. 

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I am a Private School sending, Vaccinating, Non spanking, Nightmare Cuddling, Dessert Giving, Homework Helping, Bedtime Kissing, Book Reading, Academic pushing Mum. I believe in the benefit of organized after school activities. I believe in spoiling my children. I believe that I have seen the village and I do not want it raising my child - I will do that, Thank You. I believe that a woman's place is in the home taking care of her house, children and husband. I am submissive and proud, my husband is head of my home. I am a proud, traditional Roman Catholic, as is my husband... Yes we are teaching our daughter that The Church is the only Church.               Aimee
  

  
  

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  • frndlyfn
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:50 AM

• What state do you live in?  I would think he could qualify (the baby/child) for state insurance that covers most visits to ER.   Regardless if you think it is staph get him to ER immediately, everyone i have known who got it waited to long and then needed surgery to correct it. I cant imagine how it would feel to a child.  Has he seemed to be in any pain?

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  • bluesky51201
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:55 AM

• Good point, I didn't even think about that.  I've always had insurance so I never gave too much thought to it.  I just remember seeing signs about not turning people away.  I read the other post and he most definitely needs to be checked out regardless of money.  This is your child and staph spreads quickly.
  

  Quoting AutymsMommy:
  
  

  The only reason that I can think a hospital could turn them away is if it is a private hospital. Only immediately life threatening emergencies will be treated for everyone at a private... so the OP needs to make sure that the hospital is a public hospital.
  

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  That's what I thought.  Every ER I've ever been in had a sign saying that no one can be turned away because they can't pay up front for services.  If there was even a remote chance my kid could have staph I'd be at the hospital getting him checked.  I've known a couple of people who had it and it wasn't pleasant at all.
  

  Quoting Davids_Wife1307:
  
  

  Just go to the ER tell them up front that you can't pay today. I have never heard of an ER turning away someone. As far as finding concrete info online, well I just wouldn't trust it.
  

  Quoting ReachtotheStars:
  
  

  I have to say being only 21 with no family around and a young dh as well I don't know what ERs do just what our HC company says our co-pay is and my dh just told me he had a meeting at work last week our co-pay is now $150. 

  I also don't know what staph infection really is as far as it looks right now is a really bad blister.  I am not finding much concrete info on the net about it. 

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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  • AutymsMommy
  on Nov. 8, 2009 at 5:58 AM

• Yes... I have always been the same. I gave birth at a private hospital and I remember asking the nurse why the ER always seemed so slow, lol.
  

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  Good point, I didn't even think about that.  I've always had insurance so I never gave too much thought to it.  I just remember seeing signs about not turning people away.  I read the other post and he most definitely needs to be checked out regardless of money.  This is your child and staph spreads quickly.
  

  Quoting AutymsMommy:
  
  

  The only reason that I can think a hospital could turn them away is if it is a private hospital. Only immediately life threatening emergencies will be treated for everyone at a private... so the OP needs to make sure that the hospital is a public hospital.
  

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  That's what I thought.  Every ER I've ever been in had a sign saying that no one can be turned away because they can't pay up front for services.  If there was even a remote chance my kid could have staph I'd be at the hospital getting him checked.  I've known a couple of people who had it and it wasn't pleasant at all.
  

  Quoting Davids_Wife1307:
  
  

  Just go to the ER tell them up front that you can't pay today. I have never heard of an ER turning away someone. As far as finding concrete info online, well I just wouldn't trust it.
  

  Quoting ReachtotheStars:
  
  

  I have to say being only 21 with no family around and a young dh as well I don't know what ERs do just what our HC company says our co-pay is and my dh just told me he had a meeting at work last week our co-pay is now $150. 

  I also don't know what staph infection really is as far as it looks right now is a really bad blister.  I am not finding much concrete info on the net about it. 

  Quoting bluesky51201:
  
  

  I can understand your being frustrated but if I thought my child had a staph infection we'd be at the ER right now and I'd figure out how to pay for it later.  My children's health is the most important thing to me and I will not compromise it.  Don't ERs do like payment plans or something?

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  I am a Private School sending, Vaccinating, Non spanking, Nightmare Cuddling, Dessert Giving, Homework Helping, Bedtime Kissing, Book Reading, Academic pushing Mum. I believe in the benefit of organized after school activities. I believe in spoiling my children. I believe that I have seen the village and I do not want it raising my child - I will do that, Thank You. I believe that a woman's place is in the home taking care of her house, children and husband. I am submissive and proud, my husband is head of my home. I am a proud, traditional Roman Catholic, as is my husband... Yes we are teaching our daughter that The Church is the only Church.               Aimee
  

  
  

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