TMZ reporting his lawyers office is getting flooded by people who want to pay his legal fees.
This should be a wake up call to health insurance and hospitals that the people are fed up with the prices and lack of payments.
Why does a cat scan in japan cost $45USD, but in america its $8k on the low end? Xray in taiwan cost $60 and in america $300?
Why do meds cost so much?
could be because in Japan and Taiwan, the taxpayer is picking up the balance? instead of the health insurance companies (who are still thieves)?
when the co-pay is low for everybody, you really have socialized (socialist?) health care, govt provided. like Canada. and then everybody gets the same level of service, but also, everybody gets it, the same.
I'm not for socialized healthcare, because then my taxes go up. but i do agree that the health insurance scams could be reigned in a bit, maybe just a skosh?
I have a relative, used to live in japan until a short while ago, said yes, health care costs in Japan costs less, is available to all, but the waitlist is excessively long for the more involved (expensive) stuff, and the quality is not as good as is available in the US (depending on where you live). Was glad to move back "state-side" to get better quality health care (major metro area), and yes, employers health plan provides good coverage.
so be careful what you wish for. Hawaii probably has some of the best health care for us aging folks. Everybody gets there sooner or later (gets old), unless you die first, then you don't get your money's worth.