Guaranteed Healthcare

I AM A NURSE IN MIAMI FL, AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT HEALTH CARE IN AMERICA IS NOT ABOUT SAVING LIVES BUT ABOUT MAKING MONEY, ABOUT BUDGETS AND PROFITS... IT IS A SHAME! MY SISTER CAME IN A BREVE VISIT FROM ITALY- EUROPEAN UNION. SHE WAS ALMOST 8 MONTH PREGNANT DID NOT FEEL WELL AND AFTER BEING EXAMINED BY AN OB/GYN, WHO SAID SHE HAD A HIGH RISK PREGNACY, SHE WAS UNABLE TO GO BACK TO ITALY TO DELIVERY THE BABY AS PLANNED. NO AIRLINE WILL CARRY HER WITHOUT MEDICAL CLEARANCE.

SHE STAYED HERE AND UNFORTUNATELLY HAD TO DELIVER THE BABY HERE. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MY SISTER PAID IN ITALY FOR ALMOST 8 MONTHS OF EXCELLENT PRE NATAL CARE (MEDICATIONS INCLUDED)? 3.50 euros(about $6) MY SISTER DELIVERED ON MAY 1ST, 2008. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUUCH I HAD TO PAY JUST FOR LABOR/DELIVERY AND 3 DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL? $5032, AND BECAUSE I AM AN EMPLOYEE AND THEY GAVE ME A "GOOD DISCOUNT".

BUT THE HORROR STORY DOES NOT END HERE... MY SISTER HAD FEVER DURING THE DELIVERY AND THEY DECIDED TO PUT THE BABY IN THE NICU FOR ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY AND FURTHER TESTING... I WENT TO THE NEONATOLOGISTS THAT RUN THE PLACE AND SPECIFIED THAT WE WERE SELF PAYERS AND THAT PLEASE DO NOT OVERDO WITH UNNECESSARY TESTING AND UNNECESSARY THERAPIES SINCE I KNEW HOW GOOD THEY WERE AT INVENTING ALL KIND OF TESTS AND THERAPIES FOR BEING MORE THAN 15 YEARS IN THE HEALTH CARE. THEY WERE RUDE AND DECIDED TO KEEP THE BABY IN NICU, REFUSE TO GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION SAYING THAT MY SISTER UNDERSTAND PERFECT ENGLISH WHICH IS NOT TRUE, SHE ONLY SPEAKS ITALIAN AND SPANISH... AND THEY ARE GIVING ME ALL SORT OF AGRAVATIONS.

THE BABY IS SUPPOSED TO BE DISCHARGED THIS SUNDAY, BUT SINCE YESTERDAY THEY ARE CALLING MY SISTER AND ME TO SEE HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY FOR ALL THAT CARE. THIS IS A SHAME! A REAL COUNTRY SHOULD GIVE HEALTH CARE TO ALL ITS CITIZENS AND STOP MAKING ALL THOSE STUPID NONSENSE MINISTERIES, POLICIES, LAWS, JOIN COMISIONS, AND ALL THAT CRAP THAT ONLY REPRESENT IMPEDIMENTS TO THE UNFAIR AND POOR AMERICAN HEALTH CARE. MY RESPECTS TO YOU MR. MOORE, SINCERELLY, YOU HAVE OPENED MY EYES AND FOR THIS I THANK YOU, YOU ARE NOT ONLY A GREAT AMERICAN BUT A REAL HUMAN BEING, THANKS!