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In a number of opinion surveys, a majority of Americans today express dissatisfaction with the nation's health care system, and this dissatisfaction has reached the point that they believe the system to be in crisis and that a completely new health care system is needed.

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200 Disgraceful Hospital Reviews from June 2023 - 55 pages

​UNSCRUPULOUS BILLING & HIGH CHARGES

​​1. HAD $30 TO GO AND THE PIECE OF $HITS SENT IT TO A COLLECTION AGENCY
2. CONFUSING, TERRIFYING, AND FRUSTRATING IS THEIR TACTIC TO KEEP PEOPLE IN THEIR HOSPITAL
3. THE HOSPITAL WANTS $31K IN TOTAL FOR HAVING A BABY!
4. TWO STITCHES, AND X-RAY AND THIS HOSPITAL BILLED MY INSURANCE $16,000!!!
5. $825.00 FOR A VITAMIN B -12 TEST!!!
6. I WAS IN THE HALLWAY FOR 5 HOURS AND GOT CHARGED FOR A ROOM
7. OVERCHARGED ME BY $5,400 BEFORE SERVICE AND REFUSING TO REFUND
8. MISSED MY FRACTURE AND BILLED ME $662.90.
9. THEY GET AROUND YOUR INSURANCE TO LEAVE YOU THOUSANDS IN DEBT
10. BILLING DEPARTMENT IS TERRIBLE
11. EVIL CORPORATION. TERRIBLY RUN. ONLY CARES ABOUT MONEY.
12. BILL IN EXCESS OF ALLOWABLE PROVIDER AMOUNTS
13. $400 DOLLARS FOR 1 ICEPACK AND 4 HOURS WAIT IN THE LOBBY
14. TOLD ME TEST IS $99 - NEVER TOLD ME $225 TO GET THE RESULTS
15. I GOT NO DIAGNOSIS, MORE FRUSTRATION AND STRESS, AND A VERY LARGE BILL
16. IT'S CRIMINAL THE WAY THIS HOSPITAL BILLS THEIR PATIENTS
17. THEY CHARGED ME TWICE FOR CRUTCHES I NEVER RECEIVED
18. AVOID THIS BLOODSUCKING FACILITY THAT RATCHET UP THE FEES
19. $2000 FOR THAT?
20. 3 TO 4 TIMES THE NORMAL COST
21. MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT THEY CAN BILL FOR THAN PATIENT CARE
22. THEY THINK THEY CAN CHARGE YOU WHEN THERE’S NO PATIENT RESPONSIBILITY

​​GRIEVANCES REPORTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY

​​1. SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO IN AND GIVE THIS PLACE A THOROUGH INSPECTION
2. WHY MY DAUGHTER WENT IN MOVING AND TALKING TO BEING IN THERE OVER A MONTH THEN DIED?
3. MY LOVE ONE FELL DURING SURGERY WHILE SHE WAS NOT ALERT
4. FOUND OUT MY HUSBAND BACKSIDE HAS A HUGE BEDSORE THAT WAS NEVER MENTIONED!!
5. WAS AWAKE THE WHOLE TIME AND FELT EVERYTHING!!!
6. MY MOM FOUND MY FATHER LYING THERE COVERED IN BLOOD IN ICU
7. NOT THE WAY TO TREAT A PATIENT DYING OF STAGE IV CANCER
8. PERFORATED BOWEL, WITH SEVERE INFECTION AND ON MY DEATH BED CAUSED BY NEGLIGENCE
9. IT IS SICKENING THAT THE STATE ALLOWS THIS HOSPITAL TO PRACTICE
10. JUST WATCH THE VIRAL VIDEO
11. I HOPE THE US GOVERNMENT CORRECTS BROKEN HOSPITALS LIKE THIS SO SUCH HORRORS CEASE
12. PEOPLE WHO COME HERE ARE NOT ANIMALS AND SHOULDN’T BE TREATED LIKE ONE
13. THESE MFS SHOULD BE ASHAMED
14. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE COMING HERE UNLESS THEIR ON THEIR DEATH BED!
15. TOOK MY UNCLE OUT AFTER FILING 2 GRIEVANCES AND NO MEDICAL ATTENTION FOR 17 HOURS
16. MOM'S EARLY DEMISE, ASPIRATED BECAUSE SHE DID NOT HAVE SWALLOW EVAL
17. THEY TURNED OFF HIS BED ALARM LET HIM FALL AND HE NEEDED SURGERY FROM THE FALL
18. AWFUL PLACE TO LEAVE A LOVED ONE
19.  I RESENT SITTING IN A HALLWAY WITH PEOPLE COUGHING DISCUSSING HIPPA STUFF
20. UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS SHOULD HAPPEN IN ANY HOSPITAL
21. I DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE STAYING
22. GARBAGE HOSPITAL
23. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOSPITAL TO ANYONE
24. REVIEW OF CARE RECEIVED DURING INJURY: HIGHLY DISSATISFIED
25. CALLED TO TALK TO MANAGEMENT BUT NO RETURN CALL YET WEEK 2
26. I GLADLY WENT HOME BECAUSE I FELT MORE SAFE THAN I DID IN THE HOSPITAL
27. MY HUSBAND WAS TREATED HORRIBLY FROM THE MOMENT HE ARRIVED
28. THANK YOU FOR CAUSING ME TRAUMA FOR LIFE
29. NEVER GO THAT HOSPITAL EVEN IF YOU ARE DYING!
30. TRY TO LODGE A COMPLAINT AND THEY HUNG UP ON ME
31. ALL SAINTS DAY MEDICAL CENTER
32. THEY TREATED ME SO BAD - DON’T GIVE BIRTH HERE.
33. THIS HOSPITAL IS A HUGE HIPPA VIOLATIONS NO CONFIDENTIALITY
34. FORCED AND RUSHED TO LEAVE AFTER SURGERY
35. I WILL BE SUBMITTING A FORMAL COMPLAINT/GRIEVANCE RELATIVE TO MY EXPERIENCE
36. THE STAFF ARE CARELESS CAREGIVERS, THEY NEGLECT AND LAUGH AT PATIENTS
37. YOU’RE ALL FOR PATIENT RIGHTS????…
38. THEY GET OFFENDED WHEN YOU STAND UP FOR YOURSELF
39. RECORD & PRINT EVERYTHING! THEY LIE!
40. I'D RATHER DIE ON THE WAY TO A GOOD HOSPITAL RATHER THAN COME HERE
41. PUSHED ME IN A CORNER FOR OVER 30 MINUTES AS I WAS STRUGGLING TO LIVE
42. I WITNESS THE NURSING STAFF ANTAGONIZING MY MOTHER
43. THIS PLACE NEEDS SHUT DOWN. SERIOUSLY CLOSE YOUR DOORS AND GO AWAY.
44. IT’S TRULY DISAPPOINTING WHEN YOU SEE THIS HAPPENING IN HEALTHCARE
45. I’M TIRED OF YOU PEOPLE GETTING AWAY WITH BAD PATIENT CARE
46. TRULY VILE AND EXTREMELY CARELESS
47. I RATHER HAVE GOOGLE TREAT ME THAN THIS PLACE
48. DIDN’T LIKE HAVING TO GO INTO REST ROOM SHARED WITH MEN
49. THEY GAVE ME SOMEONE ELSE'S MEDICAL INFORMATION.
50. THEY LIED AND DEPRIVED ME OF SPENDING LAST MOMENTS WITH MY DAD.
51. HOSPITAL BUDGETS CUTS ARE EVIDENT IN THE ESSENTIAL DEPARTMENT.
52. THIS PLACE NEEDS UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION
53. I PRAY THAT NO ONE ELSE DIES AT YOUR HANDS DUE TO YOUR LACK OF CARE
54. THE HOSPITAL ITSELF SHOULD BE ABSOLUTELY ASHAMED OF THE SERVICE THEY PROVIDE
55. I ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO TAKE NECESSARY LEGAL STEPS AS NEEDED
56. HORRIBLE ER SENT MY PARTNER TO A MODERN DAY INSANE ASYLUM
57. WE COMPLAINED THAT THE "SITTER" THEY HAD FORCED MY MOTHER DOWN IN HER BED
58.  A DEAD GOLDFISH WITH STETHOSCOPE AND A ROTARY PHONE COULD PROVIDE BETTER SERVICE THAN THESE CLOWNS

​BOTCHED CARE & POOR OUTCOMES

1. NOW I KNOW WHY PEOPLE WANT THIS HOSPITAL TO CLOSE
2. WENT BACK 6 MORE TIMES AFTERWARDS DUE TO PREECLAMPSIA COMPLICATIONS
3. HURT MY PREMATURE BABY AND PRACTICE ON HIM BEFORE THEY TRANSFER HIM
4. MY HUSBAND WAS PUT INTO ICU AT ANOTHER HOSPITAL AFTER THEY DISCHARGED HIM
5. SENT HER HOME WITH A BLOOD INFECTION SHE GOT AFTER THEY PERFORMED HER SURGERY
6. I LEFT WITH LINGERING COMPLICATIONS
7. SAID MY KNEE WAS FINE AND IT WAS BROKEN
8. MADE PLENTY MISTAKES ON PROCEDURES AND TRIES TO HIDE IT
9. MY FATHER WAS UNATTENDED THE FIRST NIGHT...RESULTING IN FURTHER HEALTH REPERCUSSIONS
10. GOT SENT HOME ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS WITH SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
11. RECEIVED HELP ELSEWHERE AFTER THEY DISCHARGED ME WITH A FRACTURED HIP AND VERTEBRA
12. SENT ME HOME WITH TONSILLITIS
13. 4 DIAGNOSIS ON PAPERS AND NOT ONE WAS ADDRESSED
14. DID NOT FULLY ASSESS ME AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT
15. WOULD I GO BACK? HELL NO.
16. THE STANDARD IN THIS HOSPITAL HAS GONE THE WAY OF THE DINOSAURS.
17. THE WORST ..NO TESTS, NO EXAM, SENT ME OUT WITH A UTI
18. TELL US SHE HAD PNEUMONIA WHEN SHE IS HAVING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
19. WORST HOSPITAL EVER! THEY DO NOT COMMUNICATE
20. THEY DID NOT DETECT A SERIOUS INJURY
21. POOR SERVICES
22. NOT SURE ABOUT THE TRUE QUALITY OF THIS MEDICAL CENTER
23. POOR MEDICAL CARE WHILE SUFFERING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY
24. GETTING THE EPIDURAL FELT LIKE TORTURE
25. I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE COMING TO THIS LABOR AND DELIVERY
26. DELAYED IV TREATMENT IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE
27. THEY HAVE MADE SERIOUS MISTAKES WITH MULTIPLE FAMILIES MEMBERS
28. PRESCRIBED 3 DIFFERENT MEDS BUT ONLY GIVEN ONE THE FIRST DAY AFTER SPINE SURGERY
29. IT WAS A TOTAL NIGHTMARE
30. THE NURSE REFUSED TO ADMINISTER A PORTION OF HER MEDICATION AND LEFT
31. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT ANY MOTHER DELIVER HER BABY WITH THEM
32. A "TOP TEACHING HOSPITAL"? REALLY?
33. DISCHARGED ME WITH BAD GALLBLADDER
34. WOULDN'T TAKE ROADKILL THERE
35. WOULDN’T GO HERE EVER AGAIN, EVEN IF I WAS ON MY DEATH BED!
36. DISCHARGED ME WITH BLOOD ON MY FACE AND GLASS STILL IN MY HEAD
37. HE DID NOT DO THE SPINAL RIGHT AND I COULD FEEL EVERYTHING
38. THE ER STAFF LOST MY URINE SAMPLE AND ENDED UP BEING MISDIAGNOSED
39. THEY FED MY PREMATURE BABY EXPIRED BABY FORMULA
40. ZERO STARS FOR LABOR AND DELIVERY
41. NONE OF MY ISSUES WERE ADDRESSED AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF HAD I STAYED HOME
42. HAD TO RETURN TO THE ER TO TAKE AN IV THEY FORGOT
43. THE DAY OF MY ERCP PROCEDURE WENT IN FINE CAME OUT WITH A BUSTED LIPS
44. THEY ARE THE NO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER
45. EMPLOYEES DETEST WORKING HERE AND THE PATIENTS PAY
46. AFTER COMPLICATION CARE WAS VERY DISSATISFYING
47. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS HOSPITAL FOR EXPECTING MOTHERS
48. I WAS SO SCARED I WAS GOING TO DIE IN THIS HOSPITAL
49. TW// SUICIDE
50. I REGURGITATED IN SCAN AND THEN WENT INTO A COMA FOR 3 DAYS DUE TO NEUROTOXICITY.  
51. GAVE ME SOMETHING I WAS ALLERGIC TO
52. THIS IS THE WORST HOSPITAL EVER
53. THE LACK OF CARE BY THE TEAM AT THIS HOSPITAL WAS ATROCIOUS - I LEFT
54. EXPECTANT MOTHERS BEWARE
55. A SECOND OPINION TOLD US SHE HAD A SEVERE BLADDER INFECTION AND LOW LIVER FUNCTION
56.  AVOID THIS HOSPITAL AT ALL COSTS

​UNTIMELY CARE AND DELAYS OF TREATMENT

​​1. MADE ME WAIT 14 HOURS WITH A BLOODCLOT IN MY LUNG!!!
2. WE LEFT AFTER 5 HOURS WAITING WITH A HEAD INJURY AND NEVER SAW A DOCTOR. DO BETTER!!!
3. CHEST PAIN WAITED IN ER FROM 8:30 PM TO 3:47 AM FOR SOMEONE TO DO VITALS!!!!
4. THOU SHALT NOT GO THERE – I WAS THERE FOR 12 HRS
5. GOT THERE AT 6:30PM, AND LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN AFTER 2AM
6. SAT IN PAIN FOR 10 HOURS NO MEDS SO TOOK MY IV OUT AND RAN
7. 8+ HOURS FOR THEM TO DO A URINE TEST & A PREGNANCY TEST & THEN AN ULTRASOUND
8. CRUEL - 12 HOURS IN WAITING ROOM WITH 4 FRACTURES IN MY PELVIS
9. SEVERAL HOURS TO GET A BEDSIDE COMMODE???
10. ONLY THING SHARP HERE WAS MY UNCONTROLLED PAIN FOR ABOUT 15 HOURS AFTER SURGERY
11. MINIMUM 1 HOUR TO GET TO MY ROOM AFTER I PRESS THE BUTTON
12. WAITED 7 MONTHS FOR MY APPOINTMENT IN GASTROENTEROLOGY AND THEY CANCELLED
13. YOU HAVE TO SIT IN AGONY FOR HOURS BEFORE NURSES/DOCTORS SEE YOU
14. TERRIBLE WAIT TIMES
15. HAD TO WAIT OVER 6 HOURS FOR SCHEDULED SURGERY
16. 7PM TILL 3AM WITH A BROKEN ANKLE IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
17. THE SERVICE IS DISGUSTING AFTER A 23 HOURS WAIT
18. WAS IN ER FOR APPROX 8 HOURS W APPENDICITIS AND POOR SERVICE AFTERWARDS
19. SOILED BEDS, GOWNS AND NO ONE ANSWERS THE NURSE BUTTON
20. AFTER 15 HOURS WE LEFT
21. I WAS THERE FROM 11AM-2AM
22. FORGOT ABOUT ME FOR 5 HOURS AND SENT ME HOME WITH WRONG MEDICATION
23. 10 HOURS IN THE FOR FOR A CT SCAN & ULTRA SOUND RIDICULOUS
24. NURSE DID NOT RESPOND TO HELP BUTTON
25. I ASKED FOR WATER AND HAD TO WAIT AN HOUR
26. THE WORST GOT THERE AT 9 O’CLOCK DIDN’T LEAVE UNTIL 4:15 FRIDAY MORNING
27. A 10 HOUR WAIT?????
28. LACK OF URGENCY, SUBSTANCE, CARE OR CONCERN WAS THE WORST PART OF MY DAY
29. 14 HOURS IN THE ER NINE OF THEM WAITING TO SEE A DOCTOR AND HIPA VIOLATIONS
30. DELAY IN MY TREATMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT LET MY FIANCÉE IN TO SPEAK FOR ME
31. I SPENT 7 1/2 HOURS (3:30PM-11PM) IN THE ER
32. HAD TO LEAVE AFTER WAITING 4 HOURS WITH MY TWO CHILDREN
33. WORST ER I HAVE EVER HAD THE DISPLEASURE TO BE IN.
34. 6 HOURS WAIT FOR A PAIN PATCH
35. I WAITED IN DISTRESS FROM 9 PM TO 4 AM BEFORE THEY SAW ME

​LACK OF COMPASSION AND MISSING EMPATHY

​​1. NURSES GET MAD IF YOU PRESS THE NURSES CALL BUTTON
2. THERE’S NO COMPASSION WHEN YOU GO TO THIS HOSPITAL
3. NO COMPASSION - FELT LIKE THEY WERE HERDING COWS
4. AUDACITY TO CALL SECURITY ON HIM WHILE HE WAITED FOR A RIDE
5. LEFT A STAGE 4 CANCER PATIENT ALONE IN THE HALLWAY FOR HOURS WITHOUT A CALL LIGHT
6. ALARMS GOING OFF ALL NIGHT AND IMPOSSIBLE TO EVEN GET A GLASS OF WATER
7. I HAD A MAJOR BACK SURGERY THERE AND WAS TREATED LIKE A DRUG ADDICT
8. DISGUSTING AND UNACCEPTABLE!!!
9. I HEARD THEM SAY MEAN AND NASTY THING ABOUT ME WHEN THEY THOUGHT I WAS STILL UNDER
10. I PRAY I NEVER HAVE TO GO BACK THERE!
11. THE NURSING STAFF DID THE MINIMAL THAT THEY NEEDED TO
12. THE ICU NURSES ARE RUDE AND LACK EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS
13. STAY AWAY FROM THIS HOSPITAL NURSES HAVE BAD BEDSIDE MANNERS
14. FEEL LIKE JUST A # AND NOT A PERSON BEING TREATED
15. NO CARE, NO COMPASSION, NO NOTHING THANKS FOR THE ABSOLUTE NOTHING YOU GUYS
16. EMPLOYEES DETEST WORKING HERE AND THE PATIENTS PAY
17. LAZY AND INCOMPETENT NURSES IN THE DELIVERY DEPARTMENT
18. DENIED ACCESS TO SEE SISTER BEFORE & AFTER PROCEDURE
19. FAMILY NOT ALLOWED TO STAY IN THE WAITING ROOM WITH BRAIN BLEEDING
20. THE NURSES WERE UNUSUALLY CRUEL
21. NO CARE, NO COMPASSION, NO SYMPATHY
22. AVOID IF YOU ARE 65+
23. THE DOCTORS & NURSES LACK SYMPATHY & EMPATHY
24. SPITEFUL NURSES
25. NO COMPASSION!!!
26. CRUELTY AT ITS FINEST
27. THE NURSE WAS VERY RUDE AND JUST SEEMED AS IF SHE HATED HER JOB
28. EXTREMELY RUDE STAFF
29. SO UNPROFESSIONAL AND INAPPROPRIATE