I do a lot of accounting work in healthcare now, and to see that the majority of patients are on Medicaid is flooring. Pretty much every patient receives what they call a contractual adjustment, which is just an agreed adjustment between the provider and payor, but the adjustmets for Medicaid are ridiculous! The hospital may only receive $.40 on the dollar and the rest is written off. Between this and private pay individuals who simply skip out on the bill, this is why heathcare costs are so freaking ridiculous! And then people using the ER like as a freaking walk-in clinic runs the wait times up for everyone else.
Update on the guy: I found his name in the arrest column this morning and looked him up online. He has been convicted of carnal knowledge of a juvenile in 1997, as well as aggravated sexual assault in 2000 where he was released in 2007. I can't find what he's wanted for this time, but there seems to be a pattern...... I can't beleive this lady let this POS around her kids AND brings his a$$ to a freaking children's hospital. They should lock her up too!
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