All of this is anecdotal but based on my families' experiences the past few months healthcare has honestly reached new lows. My family is all lucky enough to be insured but it doesn't seem to truly matter, the hospitals seem to be adopting a treat them and street them attitude even for those with insurance.
Just in the past 2 months - One of my uncles had an 8 hour brain surgery going in they warned us he would be in the ICU for 5+ days followed by an inpatient stay of 2-3 weeks then inpatient rehab. Instead they discharged him directly from the highest level of ICU on day 3. He isn't okay, he needs more care than my aunt can provide, but they just pretty much said time to go despite him requiring ICU level care at the time.
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My niece passed out at the mall and an ambulance brought her to the hospital while she was vomiting profusely and almost aspirating as she was in and out of consciousness. They stuck her in a hallway for 5 hours before running any tests. Turns out her hemoglobin levels were at 4.9. They ruled out internal bleeding via ultrasound, gave her 2 bags of blood to get her levels to a 7 and then discharged her an hour later from the ER.
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My cousin had an intestinal blockage it took 3 trips to the ER to even get an x-ray. They gave her an enema that didn't work and sent her home and pretty much told her to chug miralax until the blockage resolved. It still hasn't.
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my father in law had his kidney removed, was sent to an SNF despite surgical complications. And has been bouncing around between the hospital, an SNF, and home for 2 months. They repeatedly have set milestones for him to be discharged such as urinating on his own, producing x amount of urine, being able to walk x distance, having a target bun/creatinine level. But after 3-4 days of being inpatient with very little testing and not meeting any of the milestones they just send him either back to the SNF or directly home. Rinse and repeat
While I've found each of these upsetting based on my own prior experiences and not up to typical standards of care on their own, altogether it truly has me questioning the value and integrity of our healthcare system. Is this truly the new standard of care in the US?
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