Sickening thread 
I am finding more these on the net, most seem utterly credible, and I thought I would toss this here because the nightmare intercst has gone through fits with this other set of issues:
We are trying to deliver health care as if it were a consumer good when it aint (unless you want deluxe treatment that very few of us even dream of), and that is a radical high system level mess up. My experience in Spain (excellent care) and Mexico (very HQ given the extreme minimization of expenditure) is radically different. The Med staff pays no attention to who pays or how, they pay attention to how do I get the most bang for time, equipment use, and treatment drugs….. “Somewhere, in some cubicle in Madrid, some clerk will stick the cost of your visit with us under some one of the budget lines….” said my discharging nurse in Spain when I inquired as to paying my bill.