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After spending months hospitalized for COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, Wash., Michael Flor, 70, says that he knew his stay would be pricey. He’d spent 62 days in an intensive care unit, including weeks in an induced coma, and come so close to death that his family had called to say goodbye. But he says it was still “heart-stopping” to read the hospital’s bill — for $1.1 million.
“I had to look at it a number of times… to see if I was seeing it right,” Flor, a Seattle resident, tells TIME.
The 181-page bill included almost 3,000 itemized charges, the Seattle Times reported. His room in the intensive care unit alone had cost about $9,700 a day, Flor says.
Flor says the total cost of his treatment will likely be higher, because the bill does not include multiple items, including fees for his skilled nursing facility, dialysis and the doctors who treated him.
Flor says he may not ultimately need to pay for much of his treatment. He’s insured by Medicare and Medicare Advantage through Kaiser Permanente. The health care company has announced that it will waive most out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 patients through 2020.
Dr. Anne Lipke, a pulmonary and critical-care specialist at Swedish, told the Times that there was a moment when she was surprised that Flor made it through a weekend.
“He was as sick as you can get, with basically every organ system shutting down,” says Lipke.
Issaquah’s Swedish Medical Center did not respond to a request for comment from TIME.
Per wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 1:18 am
I've always felt that sentences for DUI are far too lenient, I've suggested they should prosecute it as attempted neglicient homicide, but even I think executing people in a parking lot without trial is a bit over the top.
Oh, is that why he got shot!
Cuz yeah, I heard another theory...
Resisting arrest? Attempting to steal a taser? Running away from the police?
Nah, all of those are misdemeanors compared to DUI.
And none of them are reason to be shot twice in the back and then left to die.
After spending months hospitalized for COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, Wash., Michael Flor, 70, says that he knew his stay would be pricey. He’d spent 62 days in an intensive care unit, including weeks in an induced coma, and come so close to death that his family had called to say goodbye. But he says it was still “heart-stopping” to read the hospital’s bill — for $1.1 million.
“I had to look at it a number of times… to see if I was seeing it right,” Flor, a Seattle resident, tells TIME.
The 181-page bill included almost 3,000 itemized charges, the Seattle Times reported. His room in the intensive care unit alone had cost about $9,700 a day, Flor says.
Flor says the total cost of his treatment will likely be higher, because the bill does not include multiple items, including fees for his skilled nursing facility, dialysis and the doctors who treated him.
Flor says he may not ultimately need to pay for much of his treatment. He’s insured by Medicare and Medicare Advantage through Kaiser Permanente. The health care company has announced that it will waive most out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 patients through 2020.
Dr. Anne Lipke, a pulmonary and critical-care specialist at Swedish, told the Times that there was a moment when she was surprised that Flor made it through a weekend.
“He was as sick as you can get, with basically every organ system shutting down,” says Lipke.
Issaquah’s Swedish Medical Center did not respond to a request for comment from TIME.
I get a feeling ”the Swedish Medical Center” is a misnomer....
After spending months hospitalized for COVID-19 at Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, Wash., Michael Flor, 70, says that he knew his stay would be pricey. He’d spent 62 days in an intensive care unit, including weeks in an induced coma, and come so close to death that his family had called to say goodbye. But he says it was still “heart-stopping” to read the hospital’s bill — for $1.1 million.
“I had to look at it a number of times… to see if I was seeing it right,” Flor, a Seattle resident, tells TIME.
The 181-page bill included almost 3,000 itemized charges, the Seattle Times reported. His room in the intensive care unit alone had cost about $9,700 a day, Flor says.
Flor says the total cost of his treatment will likely be higher, because the bill does not include multiple items, including fees for his skilled nursing facility, dialysis and the doctors who treated him.
Flor says he may not ultimately need to pay for much of his treatment. He’s insured by Medicare and Medicare Advantage through Kaiser Permanente. The health care company has announced that it will waive most out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 patients through 2020.
Dr. Anne Lipke, a pulmonary and critical-care specialist at Swedish, told the Times that there was a moment when she was surprised that Flor made it through a weekend.
“He was as sick as you can get, with basically every organ system shutting down,” says Lipke.
Issaquah’s Swedish Medical Center did not respond to a request for comment from TIME.
I get a feeling ”the Swedish Medical Center” is a misnomer....
Big Swedish settler population in Washington state Per. Probably would never have started the hospital had they known it would turn out like this.
Micky wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:37 pmUS and Canada agree to keep border closed for an extra 30 days
Tue 16 Jun 2020 15:17:33 GMT .... The current closure will be extended to July 21.
Micky wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 12:37 pmUS and Canada agree to keep border closed for an extra 30 days
Tue 16 Jun 2020 15:17:33 GMT .... The current closure will be extended to July 21.
Not sure where you got that map, but if the red dots are supposed to represent outbreaks and concentrations etc.....well then that Canada one is rather messed up.
Let's be honest now Gomer (you are going by Gomer now, no?), did you just find a map and go crazy with MS Paint autofill shapes?
Somewhere in NW BC trying (yet again) to trade a(nother) Swede…..
