chrisofour

I have no doubt that Taxes did not pay for Steven's medical transport. I work in hospital administration at a Houston hospital, and we go to extreme lengths sometimes to "get out" a patient who should be discharged, but doesnt have a ride, etc. Once we paid for transport to Dallas, 4 hours away, as it was cheaper than continuing to spend $1500 a day on someone who didn't need care (Medicaid and Medicare won't pay after the clinical issues should be fixed. They pay for an average calculated length of stay by diagnosis. Some patients tale less time to get better, and some take much more - but the hospital gets paid the same total amount, whether they are there for 5 days or 30.) So, add in behavior issues that could cause staff to quit or call in sick to avoid dealing with him, and that RI hospital was happy to pay the thousands of dollars to get him out.