# Another pitting of the US health ”care” system **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 26, 2022, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pitting-of-the-us-health-care-system/968581 "2022-07-26T11:00:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 221
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pitting-of-the-us-health-care-system/968581/221 "2024-07-14T23:57:42Z")
There’s me explaining how I understand the system and then there’s my opinion on whether it is good. I don’t think it’s a good system. I do think most people have a choice in the basic terms of their plan. I don’t think it’s wrong, under the existing system, to categorize a routine visit as E&M if there is actual management of a disease. I do think a $100/$500 ins/pt split is outrageous. I don’t think it _should_ come as a surprise to the patient even under the flawed system we have. I also think surprise billing sucks and should be pitted. It has been made illegal for obvious reasons, but in practice it is still a problem. Things like this > [@Can anyone help me with a work problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-help-me-with-a-work-problem/1003723/17): > > It would not be good for me to be fired, but it’s also not good for me to find another job now for many complicated reasons. A lot of this is healthcare-related, and my life will be a lot harder if I can’t wait until September to find another job. demonstrate what an unmanageable wreck the U.S. healthcare system is. The idea that you should have to put up with a hostile work environment for months on end because otherwise you might lose access to your doctors, treatment &etc is plain wrong. ~Max --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-pitting-of-the-us-health-care-system/968581)._