obgyn65
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I could not help it, I had to post this article. Hopefully an eye opener for some...Sarah Burke Medical Bills: Donations Helping Defray Hospital Costs For Family Of Dead Skier
I could not help it, I had to post this article. Hopefully an eye opener for some...
Don't her bills die with her?
in 29 states, children can be held responsible for their indigent parents’ care under what is known as “Family Responsibility.”
This person decided to engage in a very risky activity, one which may bring her fame and monetary rewards. Why should anyone be surprised that she got hurt?
-ERD50
+1Can you explain just what is supposed to be 'eye opening'?
This person decided to engage in a very risky activity, one which may bring her fame and monetary rewards. Why should anyone be surprised that she got hurt?
IMO, she should have been required to purchase high risk insurance. Why should others cover the costs that were the consequences of her own actions?
It' sad that she got hurt, but it was her doing. On the scale of sad things in the world, I think this ranks pretty low on the list. People who suffer through no fault of their own deserve more sympathy than this person.
So again, just what is supposed to be 'eye opening'?
-ERD50
1) I assume she was a Canadian citizen. So much for the health care if you travel outside of Canadian soil? That doesn't sound like a good deal for those going outside of their country.
If a country's health care covered you in other countries then taxes would have to be higher to cover the few folks who travel. That wouldn't be fair.
You take chances every day -- waking up, crossing the street,[-] sticking your face in a fan.[/-]
But those are chances we all face everyday. If I decide to compete in some risky sport, I'm taking risks above and beyond the usual.
-ERD50
When I travel outside of Canada, will OHIP pay the same medical expenses that are covered in Ontario?
No. If you are a resident of Ontario and you are insured under OHIP, you are entitled to very limited funding for a limited range of medical services when you are travelling outside of Canada. For this reason, you are strongly advised to purchase additional health insurance every time you leave Canada and ensure that the supplementary insurance you have purchased provides adequate coverage.
For inpatient services, OHIP will pay $200 CDN per day. If the services are inpatient services rendered in an operating room, coronary care unit, intensive care unit, neonatal or pediatric special care unit, then OHIP will pay at the higher rate of $400 CDN per day for hospital services.
But those are chances we all face everyday. If I decide to compete in some risky sport, I'm taking risks above and beyond the usual.
-ERD50
Yeah, probably this individual screwed up but how many of us or our kids traipsed around Europe without coverage or even realizing we didn't have it? Should your kids or parents have to foot the bill if you F up like that? And what if you lost your job and couldn't get insurance due to some pre-existing condition? Do you have to give up skiing as a consequence? This is why I find the US practices involving pre-existing conditions so irritating (pre current law). In some circumstances a parent couldn't do anything to get the adult kids covered. If the kid gets cancer, what should the parents do? Spend down their retirement fund? Those who propose to repeal the health care act (as opposed to replacing it) would throw us back into that mess.But those are chances we all face everyday. If I decide to compete in some risky sport, I'm taking risks above and beyond the usual.
-ERD50
it is their own fault.
Mostly people who think they are more responsible than everyone else and who seem to think bad things never happen to good people, that any time something bad happens to someone, it's their own fault and society doesn't have a moral responsibility to lift a finger to them.I am speechless. Would would have the courage to say this to her parents who know have to pay a half a million dollar bill, on top of it ?
+1I am speechless. Would you have the courage to say this to her parents who know have to pay a half a million dollar bill, on top of it ?
[/QI do not assume that the parents would be responsible for the bills of a 29 year old woman. I also assumed that anyone of that age would protect themself, If not from death, then a disabling injury that they would have to pay for.UOTE]I am speechless. Would you have the courage to say this to her parents who know have to pay a half a million dollar bill, on top of it ?
Some clarifications in this article (Sarah Burke's medical bills necessitate donations) about this particular incident (medical costs came to $200K, not $550K as reported by media, which has already been raised).
Sad story. I imagine her family guaranteed they would pay when she was admitted so that is why they are responsible for the bills?
Contract law often has to consider whether any of the undersigned parties were agreeing to the terms "under duress," and in some jurisdictions that is grounds for making the contract unenforceable.Yet, I wonder if by guaranteeing was it more than just a signature during the course of treatment. When the hospital says, were are going to do such and such (which has a chance to save someone's life), sign here..what choices do a family have? Most probably sign first, worry about the bill later.