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Paul has initiated a civil suit against his neighbor. The out of pocket cost of this surgery, travel and lodging is a line item in the civil suit.
If the surgery were performed in the US his insurance would pick up most of the tab, thus reducing the value of his civil suit.
Given the neighbor physically attacked Paul, the neighbor’s liability insurance won’t cover Paul’s medical payments or pain and suffering.
None of us know Paul’s medical condition. Why wouldn’t he seek out surgery from a global leader? He is paying cash and fully expects the court to require his neighbor to pay.
Let me get this straight.
Neighbor attacked Paul who was hurt.
Paul deliberately increases the cost to the neighbor to increase a lawsuit just to increase it?
He is paying out of pocket and clearly expects to recover the cost plus pain and suffering in his civil suit against his neighbor.
Thanks,
I now understand the surgery is the result of injury when his neighbor knocked him down. The cost will be born by the neighbor's liability home insurance, not his medical insurance provided to senators by the taxpayers.
What is wrong with people here? He obviously can afford to go to one of the best hospitals in the world that specializes in that particular surgery. It has nothing to do with socialized health care in Canada. Get a grip.
Indirectly though it does. Not to Rand since he is most likely covered for it, but for other foreigners who come to the hospital for care. The costs are cheaper, thousands cheaper, than if someone were to pay out of pocket in the US. It's cheaper because of running single payer is cheaper for clinics and hospitals. Less staff and time spent on dealing with insurers, are part of the reason.
I've been told by Republicans that socialized medicine leads to lower salaries for doctors, which means the best and the brightest would no longer want to be doctors in the great old US of A if we had it here. So how did Rand find the best doctor in the world for his surgery in a country that has socialized medicine?
That's what I wondered.
How could it be that the best hernia surgeon in the world was in Canada, the land of socialized medicine?
lol You didn't even read the post you quoted and commented on. lol Nothing to do with socialized medicine.
If you need more proof - "Kelsey Cooper, a spokeswoman for Paul, said the hospital is privately owned and people come from around the globe for their services. "
Sigh.
Kelsey Cooper is either ignorant, or being disingenuous.
Some governmental entity already pays for 60% of the healthcare in this country. Medicare, Medicaid, military, active and retired, city, state and county governments. Getting rid of insurance company overhead and shareholder costs would probably save that other 40%.
Kelsey Cooper is either ignorant, or being disingenuous.
sigh... The hospital is privately owned. Many Canadian hospitals are. Many people world wide do go to that very hospital for care. If you have proof that says otherwise please share it with us.
sigh... The hospital is privately owned. Many Canadian hospitals are. Many people world wide do go to that very hospital for care. If you have proof that says otherwise please share it with us.
She isn't the ignorant or disingenuous one here.
Most of Canada's approximately 850 hospitals are owned and operated by non-profit, voluntary organizations.
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