return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agoA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square265fedilinkarrow-up1987arrow-down112
arrow-up1975arrow-down1external-linkA former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'www.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square265fedilink
minus-squarespider@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months ago In Canada, his clinic of four doctors had one person working part-time doing the billing to our government health insurance. This needs context. Was his clinic in Canada understaffed, or did Canadian health insurance paperwork require considerably less time to process?
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoHis clinic in Canada didn’t need anything more than one person working half time to process all of its doctors’ paperwork to submit to the provincial health system.
This needs context. Was his clinic in Canada understaffed, or did Canadian health insurance paperwork require considerably less time to process?
His clinic in Canada didn’t need anything more than one person working half time to process all of its doctors’ paperwork to submit to the provincial health system.