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2016 Mar 23, 12:32pm
Many of these hospitals STILL have these elevated fee provisions in place
because they can, and because Obamneycare created even more opportunities for that. Insurance companies bought hospitals and raised prices in order to shift profit from the insurance side of the business to the hospital side, while capturing overcharges from competitors, and overcharging everyone. The higher they raise the price, the further customers fall, even if they have Obamneycare. Only a partisan or a hostage with Stockholm Syndrome could side with the hospital corporations on this issue. ALL hospitals can opt out of EMTALA if they find it's unprofitable; most CHOOSE to stay in because they want to profit from the ridiculous Medicare overpayments, and EMTALA is a condition of Medicare. Total Emergency Department costs (paid plus unpaid) are less than 10% of hospital budgets, often less than advertising and marketing and lobbying, and besides the ER is ultimately a profitable vector for fraudulent admissions, boosting profits still further.
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1. Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
2. The probability that a certain person be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person.
3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses.
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5. A stupid person is the most dangerous type of person. The corollary of the Law is that: A stupid person is more dangerous than a bandit.
Whether one considers classical, or medieval, or modern or contemporary times one is impressed by the fact that any country moving uphill has its unavoidable fraction of stupid people. But the intelligent fraction manage to keep the stupid fraction at bay and at the same time produce enough gains for themselves and the other members of the community to make progress a certainty.
In a country which is moving downhill , the fraction of stupid people is still equal the same; however in the remaining population one notices among those in power an alarming proliferation of the bandits with overtones of stupidity and among those not in power an equally alarming growth in the number of helpless individuals. Such change in the composition of the non-stupid population inevitably strengthens the destructive power of the stupid fraction and makes decline a certainty. And the country goes to Hell.
Understanding these basic laws will help comprehend the amount of stupidity spewed on patrick.net
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