> Apparently it's common and not even something there's any recourse for.
It's a sad fact but hospitals have no one who is responsible for advocating for your care. I think it's a major ethical flaw in our entire healthcare model. People are not medical experts or legal experts and when they are suffering they're even less capable of handling that burden.
To expect the hospital with a financial incentive to do this is absolute folly. It just doesn't happen. They'll _absolutely_ get your insurance information, even when you're laying in the ER and doctors are still attending to you, but they'll provide you less than nothing when it comes to understanding your care and your options.
We afford people public defenders as disinterested third parties when they're accused of the most petty of crimes, yet, you're absolutely on your own when it comes to the hospital. This is a complete social moral failure.
The number one actual reason to have kids is to guarantee that you have your own de facto “medical advocate” who will do all of what you described for you.
Those who don’t have kids will learn quickly how hospitals treat those without children. It’s not pretty.
It's a sad fact but hospitals have no one who is responsible for advocating for your care. I think it's a major ethical flaw in our entire healthcare model. People are not medical experts or legal experts and when they are suffering they're even less capable of handling that burden.
To expect the hospital with a financial incentive to do this is absolute folly. It just doesn't happen. They'll _absolutely_ get your insurance information, even when you're laying in the ER and doctors are still attending to you, but they'll provide you less than nothing when it comes to understanding your care and your options.
We afford people public defenders as disinterested third parties when they're accused of the most petty of crimes, yet, you're absolutely on your own when it comes to the hospital. This is a complete social moral failure.