‘Life or Debt’: Dr. Danny on the Cost of Care (video)
More people in the US go bankrupt because of medical bills than for any other reason.
Even in Massachusetts-- where they have Romneycare (the model for Obamacare)-- people with health insurance are going bankrupt at alarming rates, due to unpaid medical bills.
Now, primarily because of uncompensated care, many US hospitals are going bankrupt.
Despite the evidence that our greed-based, healthcare non-system is inadequate, Teapublicans want to scale it back-- instead of expanding it. The Paul Ryan Budget would eliminate the Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare), change Medicare to a voucher program, and cut Medicaid by more than 40%. The Koch Brothers are holding closed-door "educational" meetings with the Tea Party faithful, in an attempt to squash the Medicaid expansion, through the Affordable Care Act, in red states like Arizona. All of this is unfathomable. These efforts will save money for the corporatists but will encourage the sick and uninsured to forgo care or go to emergency rooms-- thus leading to more personal and hospital bankruptcies and premature death due to delayed care or no care. WTF?
After the jump, watch Dr. Danny, a New York emergency room physician, explain the cost of care and what should be done about it. Thanks to Strike Debt for posting this video on Facebook.