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ПеаБраин[_4_] February 18th, 2013 03:09 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal DarwinHospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)
 
That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darwin
Hospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)

"...The situation was so bad this week that two beds were crammed into
many emergency department cubicles, admitted patients were left in
corridors and nurses were running into the waiting room to treat
people.....

AMA NT president Dr Peter Beaumont said...

"Overcrowding leads to omissions. "People will die.''..."

Royal Darwin Hospital "shocking", AMA says - Northern Territory News
http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/201...9_ntnews.html3 days ago –
The situation was so bad this week that two beds were crammed into
many emergency department cubicles, admitted patients were left in ...

Royal Darwin Hospital "shocking", AMA says - Sport Balla ...

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) February 18th, 2013 09:37 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal DarwinHospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)
 


(Non-English-speaking moron) wrote:
That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darwin
Hospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)

"...The situation was so bad this week that two beds were crammed into
many emergency department cubicles, admitted patients were left in
corridors and nurses were running into the waiting room to treat
people.....


Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here, we get billed for the
privilege, and they won't even treat you if you don't have insurance.)

ПеаБраин[_4_] February 19th, 2013 12:58 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal DarwinHospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)
 
On Feb 18, 3:37*pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
(Non-English-speaking moron) wrote:
That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darwin
Hospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)

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"...The situation was so bad this week that two beds were crammed into
many emergency department cubicles, admitted patients were left in
corridors and nurses were running into the waiting room to treat
people....."

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Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! *(Only here, we get billed for the
privilege, and they won't even treat you if you don't have insurance.)


Rubbish. You are just broadcasting your gullibility by swallowing the
anti American bias that infests Usenet.

All Americans over age 65 and disabled Americans qualify for
Medicare
where the US government pays health providers direct for health care
of
the elderly and disabled.
In addition:

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/EMTALA/

Overview

"In 1986, Congress enacted the Emergency Medical Treatment & Labor
Act

(EMTALA) to ensure public access to emergency services regardless of
ability to pay. Section 1867 of the Social Security Act imposes
specific obligations on Medicare-participating hospitals that offer
emergency services to provide a medical screening examination (MSE)
when a request is made for examination or treatment for an emergency
medical condition (EMC), including active labor, regardless of an
individual's ability to pay. Hospitals are then required to provide
stabilizing treatment for patients with EMCs. If a hospital is unable
to stabilize a patient within its capability, or if the patient
requests, an appropriate transfer should be implemented...."
In addition:

Besides state MEDICAID health care iis available to the poor and many
comparable
individual state laws which are broader in scope than the federal
EMTALA, preceded EMTALA

Living in Arizona you might find the excerpt from the article pasted
below applicable:

Forced Medical Treatment for Illegals

"EMTALA provides uninsured people with medical care in hospital
emergency rooms. The coersive EMTALA obligates hospitals to treat the
uninsured but does not pay for that care. EMTALA requires each
emergency room to treat anyone who enters with an "emergency"
associated with cough, headache, hangnail, cardiac arrest, permeated
lumbar disc, drug addiction, alcohol overdose, gunshot injury,
automobile trauma, HIV-positive infection, mental problem, or
personality disorder. The definition of emergency is flexible and
vague and includes almost any condition requiring mandatory care....."

Google could take you to the article in its entirety but notice I used
the word "might" because your proven venomous anti American bias
prevents you from having any interest in reality.

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) February 19th, 2013 09:24 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal DarwinHospital "shocking", AMA says (NT Australia news)
 


ПеаБраин wrote:
On Feb 18, 3:37 pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here, we get billed for the
privilege, and they won't even treat you if you don't have insurance.)


Rubbish. You are just broadcasting your gullibility by swallowing the
anti American bias that infests Usenet.


"Gullible"???? Have YOU tried to get medical care in a Phoenix, AZ
emergency room? Fortunately I DO have insurance, but If I had not, I'd
probably still be waiting. (I speak from experience - you clearly do not!)

Poetic Justice February 20th, 2013 01:13 AM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? RoyalDarw...
 
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote

Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here,
we get billed for the privilege,


and they won't even treat you if you don't
have insurance.)


Would you please name those Phoenix hospitals that are violating the
federal law?

It requires hospitals to provide care to
anyone needing emergency healthcare
treatment regardless of citizenship, legal
status or ability to pay. There are no
reimbursement provisions. [Snip]


However, in practical terms, EMTALA
applies to virtually all hospitals in the U.S.


-----------------------------------------------

The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a U.S.
Act of Congress passed in 1986 as part of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
It requires hospitals to provide care to anyone needing emergency
healthcare treatment regardless of citizenship, legal status or ability
to pay. There are no reimbursement provisions. [Snip]

EMTALA applies to "participating hospitals." The statute defines
"participating hospitals" as those that accept payment from the
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Medicare program.
However, in practical terms, EMTALA applies to virtually all hospitals
in the U.S.


EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) February 20th, 2013 08:08 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darw...
 


Poetic Justice wrote:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote

Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here,
we get billed for the privilege,


and they won't even treat you if you don't
have insurance.)


Would you please name those Phoenix hospitals that are violating the
federal law?

It requires hospitals to provide care to
anyone needing emergency healthcare
treatment regardless of citizenship, legal
status or ability to pay. There are no
reimbursement provisions.


That may be the LAW, but Arizona doesn't seem to consider itself subject
to federal law, except when it feels like it. Also, are you sure that
includes private for profit hospitals? (I've read of more than one
occasion when the "emergency" patient was sent elsewhere.)

Except for a couple of bright spots like the Mayo Clinic (which ceased
accepting Medicare patients a few years ago) the quality of medical care
here leaves a lot to be desired, too. (But of course it is only
Americans who are unaware that the quality of medical care in the U.S.
ranks somewhere near the bottom, among industrialized nations.)

:ПеаБраин February 20th, 2013 09:27 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darw...
 
On Feb 20, 2:08*pm, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
wrote:
Poetic Justice wrote:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote


Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here,
we get billed for the privilege,


and they won't even treat you if you don't
have insurance.)


Would you please name those Phoenix hospitals that are violating the
federal law?


It requires hospitals to provide care to
anyone needing emergency healthcare
treatment regardless of citizenship, legal
status or ability to pay. There are no
reimbursement provisions.

.................................................. .................................................. .............
Americans who are unaware that the quality of medical care in the U.S.
ranks somewhere near the bottom, among industrialized nations.)


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Jean O'Boyle[_3_] February 21st, 2013 12:52 AM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darw...
 
On 2/20/2013 1:08 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


Poetic Justice wrote:
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote

Sounds like Phoenix, Arizona! (Only here,
we get billed for the privilege,


and they won't even treat you if you don't
have insurance.)


Would you please name those Phoenix hospitals that are violating the
federal law?

It requires hospitals to provide care to
anyone needing emergency healthcare
treatment regardless of citizenship, legal
status or ability to pay. There are no
reimbursement provisions.


That may be the LAW, but Arizona doesn't seem to consider itself
subject to federal law, except when it feels like it. Also, are you
sure that includes private for profit hospitals? (I've read of more
than one occasion when the "emergency" patient was sent elsewhere.)

Except for a couple of bright spots like the Mayo Clinic (which ceased
accepting Medicare patients a few years ago) the quality of medical
care here leaves a lot to be desired, too. (But of course it is only
Americans who are unaware that the quality of medical care in the U.S.
ranks somewhere near the bottom, among industrialized nations.



Name the hospital, Evelyn...why did you avoid the question? Back up
your statement or else it cannot be believed!





mariajames February 21st, 2013 07:02 PM

It's being nice to have such a nice source of information to share with us it will really help us...

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) February 21st, 2013 09:12 PM

That 'panacea' of Socialized medicine coming to USA? Royal Darw...
 


Jean O'Boyle wrote:


Name the hospital, Evelyn...why did you avoid the question? Back up
your statement or else it cannot be believed!

I didn't "avoid" anything - I was simply relaying information. I have
only once sought "emergency" care (at Banner-Boswell, which IMO ranks
near rock bottom and will never see me again) I can only vouch for the
fact that before they would even LOOK at me, I had to provide them with
my insurance information.





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