An American Postscript

After surviving a massacre, some lucky survivors of the Aurora shooting will begin the healing process by confronting six-figure medical bills, unaided:

Some of the victims fighting for their lives after being wounded in the movie-theater shooting rampage may face another challenge when they get out of the hospital: enormous medical bills without the benefit of health insurance.

Members of the public, along with Warner Bros., the studio that released the Batman movie “The Dark Knight Rises,” have contributed nearly $2 million to help victims, though it’s not clear how much of that will cover medical expenses. One family is raising money on its own online.

And three of the five hospitals treating victims said Wednesday they will limit or completely wipe out medical bills.

Some of the victims, however, still face a long recovery ahead and the associated medical costs — without health insurance. There’s no exact count of how many of them don’t have insurance but statistics suggest many of them might not be covered.

Nearly one in three Coloradans, or about 1.5 million, either have no health insurance or have coverage that is inadequate, according to a 2011 report by The Colorado Trust, a health care advocacy group.

Comments

[hanno nym]

Can't they sue him for that?
Just kidding, but seriously what's the point.

Are there no possibilties to get health insurance or is it too expensive?

If they want to take the risk, i don't think one needs to patronize them. Everybody knows that medical treatment is expensive. If they can't afford an insurance then it's another thing.

[Martin]

Result: If you are lucky, you get shot in an event with a lot of media coverage. Someone might give you some money for the sake of publicity.

Otherwise: Bury yourself!

And the hospitals will raise the costs for the other patients.

Martin

[lukas]

Not quite unaided, then.