Tag Archives: health care costs

EMT: “It’s unofficially our job to try and figure out what hospital won’t bankrupt you, and it’s bullshit.”

By Mark | November 12, 2014

As it’s been a while since I’ve used this site to whip up righteous indignation over the state of health care in this country, I wanted to share the following story, ripped from the pages of Reddit today, about people who are forced into bankruptcy when ambulances take them to hospitals that don’t accept their […]

Posted in Health, Uncategorized | Also tagged EMT, health care, health care reform, health insurance, holding insurance companies accountable, Madison, Reddit, single-payer system, Wisconsin | 6 Comments

Ypsilanti City Council stares into the budget abyss

By Mark | October 3, 2011

As you all know, the city of Ypsilanti has been in a perpetual budget crisis for the past half dozen years, with insolvency looming in the not so distant future the whole time. In spite of this fact, however, we’ve somehow managed to keep on going. Well, it’s looking as though the end may now […]