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I Went to a Private Equity Emergency Room in the USA

Type Ashton

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Outsourcing hospital staff including physicians and nurses is not only becoming the norm in US Emergency Departments, but significantly increases the cost of your healthcare bill. Subscribe to get 40% off the Vantage plan at https://ground.news/ashton

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:41 How I got here
05:04 How much does an ER visit cost in the USA?
10:15 "Outsourcing"
13:15 Major Healthcare Changes on the Horizon
15:40 Private Equity in Patient Care
22:16 Is Universal Healthcare Next?

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Narrated and produced by Dr. Ashton Schottler

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20 Comments

@TypeAshton Creator 4 months ago Pinned

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@MartijnPennings 4 months ago

I can just imagine the nurse presenting an iPad to you with "Tip your nurse: 20% 30% 40% or custom"

@Gaso_Meter 4 months ago

this is a predatory unregulated system that exploits you when you're most vulnerable. It's not just a scam, it's a crime against humanity and ethics.

@johnpinion8033 4 months ago

"Is this a scam?" Yes. Yes it is. 🤣😂

@craiggodard6419 4 months ago

The land of the fee

@elektrikmaus 4 months ago

When your govt pays for your health they have a stake in prevention. In the US, being sick is good for GDP

@landinggear5726 4 months ago

That's the American "health care system" (actually corporate profit system) working exactly as designed. However, it is one made in USA product that we should definitely NOT be exporting.

@spj8841 4 months ago

And this is why we happily pay our taxes in Europe

@edopizza 4 months ago

You should have asked for the great 600% discount.

@brillest 4 months ago

We went to a private ER for a pain my wife had. Since it was Friday evening, we did not want to wait until Monday, so we decided to go to ER. We have Anthem PPO, she checked in, provided all the insurance information, and she was charged $100... We were surprised to get a $500 bill later because they are out of network. I would have thought they would have told her at time of checking in. Now we know better. And regarding the ER visit, it was the doctor's opinion it was nothing to worry about... So we basically went to ER to be told she can go home.

@fricki1997 4 months ago

In my opinion, the fact the nurse (apparently) didn't disclose that she doesn't actually belong to the hospital and will charge you separately later on should make the bill null and void.
Imagine you're going into a perfume parlour, get consultation from someone with the store's tag on their suit, buy something, leave.
And then a few days or weeks later you get a bill for the extra consultation service by an independent contractor.
You'd laugh and throw the bill into the bin.

@Turtlemaroon 4 months ago

Funfact: ERs death rate rises after it is taken over by private equity.

@Danmc-li3pg 4 months ago

When private equity starts buying hospitals, we are all fucked

@69quato 4 months ago

The US is in dire need of a good old fashioned revolution at this point. It has become an ever more escalating experiment in how much corporate greed can get away with squeezing people bloodless since at least "Reagonomics" was introduced.

@fbb-bh5vp 4 months ago

the US is a high risk country for traveling. so i just dont go there

@elisabethdorrer4831 4 months ago (edited)

In Belgium, a visit to the emergency room would cost me under 10€. It used to be entirely covered by the statutory health insurance and had to be introduced to prevent people from swamping emergency rooms as a short cut for even minor complaints. My German brother who has no health insurance here paid 50€ for 3 hours in my Belgian emergency room for a serious bladder complication, received treatment and relief and went home with a catheter, a prescription and pain medication. My GP who referred him took 50€ for a 1-hour home visit wjhere he spoke German to my brother to build trust (he speaks 4 languages), and both bills were reimbursed by the German h3alth insurance.

@fifteens_on_pc 4 months ago

And then people are surprised Luigi Mangiones happen...

@Aussieretired 4 months ago

Australia, a Sunday, chest pain, rural area, ambulance, transport to regional hospital 40minutes, antithrombolytic drugs, another ambulance to airport, Helicopter waiting, transport to a hospital with a cath lab 30mins in the air, on call staff called in on sunday evening, stent for main blockage then to ICU, two days later back to cath lab for second stent, Next day discharged by taxi for a two hour ride home. AUD $65 pharmacy bill. Gee I wish we had the American system...... NOT.

@whatsupcoolbrother 4 months ago

To further your point made around the 22:20 mark, a large portion of Americans do not have access to health insurance and therefore healthcare until it becomes an emergency. So emergency room visits are most a lot of people's entry point to receiving any care.