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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Doctor goes after medical corruption in North Carolina where a law exists to ensure that the cost of MRIs stays artificially high and that only hospitals can have them.
This is fantastic! Someone who actually wants to give back.
I love this statement
@article
“If I wanted to just have money, I didn’t have to do all this stuff,” he said. “Do I want to make money? Absolutely. But I didn’t open this imaging center to buy a Lamborghini.”
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Doctor goes after medical corruption in North Carolina where a law exists to ensure that the cost of MRIs stays artificially high and that only hospitals can have them.
This is fantastic! Someone who actually wants to give back.
I love this statement
@article
“If I wanted to just have money, I didn’t have to do all this stuff,” he said. “Do I want to make money? Absolutely. But I didn’t open this imaging center to buy a Lamborghini.”
I'm also glad to hear he's resisted selling the imaging center. I'm sure it's some hospitals that want to jack the prices back up!
And people wonder why we have a medical issue here.
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The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
Go to Mexico to get it done. So cheap go get there, so cheap to get work done. If you aren't going to bleed out, Mexico and Colombia are the big answers to healthcare issues in the US.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
Go to Mexico to get it done. So cheap go get there, so cheap to get work done. If you aren't going to bleed out, Mexico and Colombia are the big answers to healthcare issues in the US.
A flight to Mexico for me isn't exactly cheap - but if I'm paying out of pocket for an MRI, it's definitely cheaper (most likely) to fly there, pay cash for MRI and fly back than to have it done here. I can't forget the 1 day minimum, and more likely 2 days of work I'll miss, so I should include that in the cost of going to Mexico for an MRI.
But it's definitely not convenient
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
Go to Mexico to get it done. So cheap go get there, so cheap to get work done. If you aren't going to bleed out, Mexico and Colombia are the big answers to healthcare issues in the US.
If you go to a foreign country and have an MRI done, do you then come back to the US and tell the doctor to look at those results and have them do whatever they need from that?
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
Go to Mexico to get it done. So cheap go get there, so cheap to get work done. If you aren't going to bleed out, Mexico and Colombia are the big answers to healthcare issues in the US.
If you go to a foreign country and have an MRI done, do you then come back to the US and tell the doctor to look at those results and have them do whatever they need from that?
I am curious to know who's done that, and if the US doctor accepted the imaging and results as dictated by the Mexican/Colombian radiologist?
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
Go to Mexico to get it done. So cheap go get there, so cheap to get work done. If you aren't going to bleed out, Mexico and Colombia are the big answers to healthcare issues in the US.
If you go to a foreign country and have an MRI done, do you then come back to the US and tell the doctor to look at those results and have them do whatever they need from that?
You might, lots of people would. I would not, I'd want my surgeries done in that country, too. Colombia and Mexico are some of the hest healthcare in the world. Once there, why leave?
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
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@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
The high cost of CT and MRI needs to be stopped. These are multi decade old technologies that orgs charge $10k for 15 minutes of use for, all day every day. Fucking absurd.
The answer is simple.... Mexico.
Go to Mexico to get it done...or...the costs are high because of Mexico? I'm thinking the former, but hate to assume.
Go to Mexico to get it done. So cheap go get there, so cheap to get work done. If you aren't going to bleed out, Mexico and Colombia are the big answers to healthcare issues in the US.
If you go to a foreign country and have an MRI done, do you then come back to the US and tell the doctor to look at those results and have them do whatever they need from that?
I am curious to know who's done that, and if the US doctor accepted the imaging and results as dictated by the Mexican/Colombian radiologist?
It's a common thing to take foreign results on things, but that's normally people vacationing and wanting to get back to the US and just needing something temporarily. ONce you are willing to travel FOR the healthcare, it would be crazy to return to US doctors when you have better, cheaper doctors already at your disposal. So while it should work fine, you'll never find someone doing that as it isn't logical.
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Trump wants to make it harder for legal immigrants to becomes citizens.
Incredible that every single thing about this 'person', his ideas, and his supporters, is disgusting.
https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/Trump-Administration-Limit-Citizenship-Legal-Immigrants-490225671.html
I suppose you might think count as politics and i shouldnt post it, but it doesnt. This 'man' and his followers are a clear danger to every single person in the world, even the dumbasses who support him. -
@momurda I don't disagree with this point of view.
"A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said, "The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer by ensuring that foreign nationals seeking to enter or remain in the U.S are self-sufficient."
Going to any country, and simply being a burden without adding something to the country as a whole isn't beneficial to any place or person(s).
While I can see the point, I think there would need to be some rules on these cases.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda I don't disagree with this point of view.
"A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said, "The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer by ensuring that foreign nationals seeking to enter or remain in the U.S are self-sufficient."
Going to any country, and simply being a burden without adding something to the country as a whole isn't beneficial to any place or person(s).
While I can see the point, I think there would need to be some rules on these cases.
Part of the problem is that they label major economic contributors as burdens. Classifying what is and isn't a burden isn't a simple thing. An out of work single mom raising kids who become important professionals is a burden in some ways, but a HUGE investment in the country's future in another.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda I don't disagree with this point of view.
"A spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said, "The administration is committed to enforcing existing immigration law, which is clearly intended to protect the American taxpayer by ensuring that foreign nationals seeking to enter or remain in the U.S are self-sufficient."
Going to any country, and simply being a burden without adding something to the country as a whole isn't beneficial to any place or person(s).
While I can see the point, I think there would need to be some rules on these cases.
Part of the problem is that they label major economic contributors as burdens. Classifying what is and isn't a burden isn't a simple thing. An out of work single mom raising kids who become important professionals is a burden in some ways, but a HUGE investment in the country's future in another.
Exactly my point, which is where things like this plan to make it impossible for legal immigrants to become citizens is difficult to quantify.
How can I (or anyone) know who is going to do great things and make a lot of money and hire a bunch of (lazy worthless americans) or who is going to have 6 kids and be on assistance until death?
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@dustinb3403 No, that is not his reason. His reason is because most immigrants aren't white Christians.
This is just a workaround so it doesn't get thrown out immediately. Also, there more American born citizens on welfare than legal immigrants, your argument is nonsense. Also ACA isn't welfare. -
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 No, that is not his reason. His reason is because most immigrants aren't white Christians.
This is just a workaround so it doesn't get thrown out immediately. Also, there more American born citizens on welfare than legal immigrants, your argument is nonsense. Also ACA isn't welfare.This isn't my argument, don't take me as supporting Trump. And I totally agree there are a shit ton of Americans who are on welfare for their entire lives.
That is why this argument is weird to me.
I'd much rather put limits on Welfare for everyone so people have to have a job. I don't care sweep the streets of your city and we'll feed you and provide shelter.
And I know the ACA isn't welfare, but it is government funded (through taxpayer dollars). Also I'm all for cheaper healthcare (new daughter. . . .)
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@dustinb3403 This rule would disqualify immigrants from becoming citizens if they use ACA. Justify this.
I might as well say you should lose citizenship if you use ACA, or that your daughter cant be a citizen because you or her used this service. -
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 This rule would disqualify immigrants from becoming citizens if they use ACA. Justify this.
The only way I could imagine justifying it is if the immigrants haven't and aren't paying taxes.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@momurda said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 This rule would disqualify immigrants from becoming citizens if they use ACA. Justify this.
The only way I could imagine justifying it is if the immigrants haven't and aren't paying taxes.
Many don't, but because they are paid illegally under minimum wage and aren't allowed to pay taxes. The tax discussion is booby trapped.
