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Who pays House's patients' medical bills?
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:05 am
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:05 am
Go with me here...
In a typical House episode there is the following:
-Extended hospital stay
-An intense regiment of medication
-Usage of defibrillator x2
-Multiple CT scans
-Multiple MRIs
-Multiple lab tests
-Experimental medication
Health insurance can only get these patients so far. With a deductible definitely being met and a pretty good co-pay, the House's average patient still would have at minimum $50,000 to pay.
My question is, where does this money come from? It is not from the patient. Some of them are really poor. It's probably not from the health care provider because they know of House's typical costliness. So that means it comes down to the hospital. So does the hospital comp the bill, or at least certain parts of it? Like the procedures that didn't work?
I am just wondering how the patients look forward to leaving when they must have a huge bill, how this hospital stays in operation, and how House and his team can still earn money.
If they covered this, or aspects of this in an episode please let me know.
In a typical House episode there is the following:
-Extended hospital stay
-An intense regiment of medication
-Usage of defibrillator x2
-Multiple CT scans
-Multiple MRIs
-Multiple lab tests
-Experimental medication
Health insurance can only get these patients so far. With a deductible definitely being met and a pretty good co-pay, the House's average patient still would have at minimum $50,000 to pay.
My question is, where does this money come from? It is not from the patient. Some of them are really poor. It's probably not from the health care provider because they know of House's typical costliness. So that means it comes down to the hospital. So does the hospital comp the bill, or at least certain parts of it? Like the procedures that didn't work?
I am just wondering how the patients look forward to leaving when they must have a huge bill, how this hospital stays in operation, and how House and his team can still earn money.
If they covered this, or aspects of this in an episode please let me know.
This post was edited on 12/9/10 at 9:07 am
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Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:09 am to Pectus
you know it's just a TV show, yeah?
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:10 am to lusions
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:12 am to lusions
quote:
you know it's just a TV show, yeah?
Coming from someone who paid a medical bill, I have a right to know! Plus, other people must be wondering about this!
P.S. You know I am about to catch you in post count, yeah?
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:12 am to Pectus
If it were California and if the patients were illegal then it would all be free. My bet is House is a major player in a medicade fraud ring.
This post was edited on 12/9/10 at 9:14 am
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:12 am to Pectus
The taxpayers and Medicare are covering it all.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:15 am to steelreign
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The taxpayers and Medicare are covering it all.
So House is the hero AND the enemy!
Brilliant.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:20 am to Pectus
Posted on 12/9/10 at 9:44 am to Pectus
I actually thought they covered this in an episode in one of the earlier seasons. Some of them have been pretty rich people, the others he was just very interested in the case so it seems as though he doesn't give a frick about the monies.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 12:28 pm to Pectus
I love watching House, but I am amazed sometimes that it takes them 3-4 days to think of ordering an extremely basic test like a CBC. Something that likely would have been routinely ordered on admission. And that's after House ordering MRI's and other complicated procedures.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 1:38 pm to Pectus
He just throws in all those extra tests to pile on the bill. It was fricking lupus all along.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 1:47 pm to Pectus
I thought it was a free clinic.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 1:54 pm to Pectus
You are supposed to not think about it. If it was true to life his patients would die getting approval from the insurance companies.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 1:55 pm to PowerTool
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It was fricking lupus all along
it's not lupus!
it interesting to think about. when this show first started i thought i read where they would research and find real cases to help base the episodes. not sure if thats still true.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 1:57 pm to Big Pun
I wonder if House will be asked to be on a death panel when Obamacare kicks in?
Posted on 12/9/10 at 2:14 pm to TigerMyth36
There is a hospital up in Maryland that only takes rare diseased patients. Most of it is completely free. They will even put your family up in a nice hotel. Everything is extremely high tech and state of the art. Very similar to the hospital House works at. Just a thought.
But as someone with crappy health of late, and $30,000 worth of bills, I hope their broke butts have to pay for it just like me.
But as someone with crappy health of late, and $30,000 worth of bills, I hope their broke butts have to pay for it just like me.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 2:16 pm to Pectus
I had half a lung removed, was in the hospital for two weeks, had tons of cat scans, hundreds of x-rays, and millions of tests (they really didn't know what was up and why half my lung basically rotted away) and it only cost us 3k because of our medical insurance.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 2:18 pm to Pectus
quote:
If they covered this, or aspects of this in an episode please let me know.
it's a teaching / non-profit hospital and they eat the costs on a lot of house's patients. cuddy has made remarks about how house's team costs the hospital money. i think the hospital does it for prestige. i don't watch the show anymore, but that is what i recall from earlier seasons.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 2:22 pm to MedDawg
quote:
it takes them 3-4 days to think of ordering an extremely basic test like a CBC.
If they figured things out immediately it would be boring watching them twiddle their thumbs for 50 minutes. I like the show but it irritates my wife how many times I say "I bet that's not the real problem" during the first half hour.
Posted on 12/9/10 at 3:07 pm to Pectus
goddamnit
You tell Obama to keep his Kenyan fingers off of my tv show's healthcare.
goddamnit
You tell Obama to keep his Kenyan fingers off of my tv show's healthcare.
goddamnit
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