If it happened as described, it sounds like the hospital did the wrong thing. There are a lot of unanswered questions in my mind but I'll leave it at that.
However, I'd wager than in any government-operated heath care plan, such horror stories also can be found, and in greater numbers. Look at the VA. Allan Lee Einer <l...@dosmanosjewelry.com> writes: > Michael Moore's claim, and the mother's, was legit. > > The mother was turned away with her dying child because she was Kaiser > HMO and the nearest hospital was out of network. She begged for them to > take care of her baby and they called the cops. By the time the child > was transported to an "in network" hospital further away, it was too late. > > It was not that the family was indigent, or uninsured. The family was > insured through Kaiser Permanente, an HMO. The HMO refused to allow the > child to be treated at an out of network hospital, and thus caused her > death. > > It's called "death by denial," and its not at all uncommon in the U.S. > We're not talking about the uninsured in this case, but people who have > insurance and who get the carpet yanked from under them when they > actually seek medical treatment. > > Lee > > > Allan Streib wrote: >> Hendrik & Fay <heni...@ozemail.com.au> writes: >> >>> Well that's what I thought but Moore claims that is what happened to >>> one little kid, who was refused and the mother had to drive the kid to >>> the another hospital. >> >> Does Moore have this incident on film, or just the mother's claim that >> she was turned away at hospital #1? >> >> Most cities, certainly ALL the large urban areas have "county" or >> "public" hospitals where people are treated regardless of their ability >> to pay. My brother works in such a hospital, most of the people that >> come throuh the ER there are treated with full knowledge that they will >> not pay a dime. Many of these people are also clearly making no effort >> to take care of themselves -- diabetics or people with hypertension who >> are 200lbs overweight, etc. >> >> There may be private or specialty hospitals where they limit the "pro >> bono" care to true emergencies. A kid with a fever would probably not >> be considered such, again you have to understand that Moore has an >> agenda with his film and he's definitely picking and choosing stories >> and presenting only one side in most cases. >> >> Allan -- 1983 300D _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
