Hip Surgery

THREE PATIENTS LIMP INTO THREE DIFFERENT DOCTORS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT....THEY ALL HAVE TROUBLE WALKING AND MAY REQUIRE HIP SURGERY...


PATIENT 1.
IS EXAMINED WITHIN THE HOUR, IS X-RAYED THE SAME DAY, AND HAS A TIME BOOKED FOR SURGERY THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE TOTAL COST FOR THE OPERATION IS $2400.00


PATIENT 2.
GOES TO THE E.R. IS EXAMINED WITHIN THE HOUR, IS X-RAYED THE SAME DAY, AND HAS A TIME BOOKED FOR SURGERY THE FOLLOWING WEEK.  GETS NO BILL FOR COPAY OR DEDUCTIBLE.  IN FACT GETS NO BILL AT ALL.  COST FOR THIS PATIENT $0.00.


PATIENT 3.
SEES HIS FAMILY DOCTOR - AFTER WAITING 3 WEEKS FOR AN APPOINTMENT - THEN WAITS 8 WEEKS TO SEE A SPECIALIST.  GETS AN  X-RAY, WHICH ISN'T REVIEWED FOR ANOTHER WEEK, AND FINALLY HAS HIS SURGERY SCHEDULED FOR 6 MONTHS FROM THEN, PENDING THE REVIEW BOARD'S DECISION ON HIS AGE AND REMAINING VALUE TO SOCIETY.  GETS BILL FOR DEDUCTIBLE WHICH IS $7,500.00 INCLUDING A COPAY OF 20% WHICH EQUALS $6,000.00. TOTAL COST FOR THIS CITIZEN $13,500.00.

ANALYSIS:

WHY THE DIFFERENT TREATMENT FOR THE THREE PATIENTS?

PATIENT 1.  IS A GOLDEN RETRIEVER TAKEN TO A VET.

PATIENT 2.   IS AN ILLEGAL ALIEN.

PATIENT 3.  IS ON OBAMACARE.

IN NOVEMBER, IF HILLARY WINS THE ELECTION, WE’LL ALL HAVE TO FIND A GOOD VET!
 
Contributed by Bill Stanley, whose "Caps Lock" key is stuck.