Father in rehab facility dropped off outside home in wheelchair in rain

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A father transported from a rehab center was left in a wheelchair outside a home in the rain, a family said.

The rehab center said in a statement it ensures patients are safe and stable, and have all needs provided for when they leave the facility. The 78-year-old was at Charlotte Health and Rehabilitation Center for about a month, WSOC-TV reported.

But then an issue arose Feb. 13 with his insurance.

The center requested Maxine Rozzelle, his daughter, be at the facility in 25 minutes, and when that wasn’t possible, a transportation service took him home, she told the TV station.

“I’m still overwhelmed,” Rozzelle said.

video at link:

https://www.wtae.com/article/family-father-in-rehab-facility-dropped-off-outside-home-in-wheelchair-in-rain/30970045#

[Coventina]

1. Anyone who thinks we have "healthcare" in this country is deluding themselves. n/t

[LonePirate]

2. Evidently everyone except supporters of Sanders and Warren thinks we have good health care here.

[Coventina]

3. I'm not quite sure what you mean by that.

I know of ZERO people in my life that thinks the "profit-care" in this country works for them.

[LonePirate]

4. The other candidates support profit-care. Sanders and Warren do not.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Please proceed

You appear to be saying there is no good health care without profit motive.

[Coventina]

7. I firmly believe that.

But I will clarify that is true based on insurance companies.

Doctors and other healthcare personnel are entitled to a living wage - in other words, they should profit from their labor.

However, the whole "health insurance" scheme is nothing but a racket.

[OilemFirchen]

8. At 78, this man is on a Medicare plan.

He likely hit his twenty-day rehab allowance and couldn't come up with the copay. Or, he was determined "uncooperative" and Medicare stopped paying.

FWIW, the company responsible for his relocation broke the law.

[jcmaine72]

5. Sickening!

Yeah, because dropping off elderly, wheelchair-bound patients in the rain is ensuring their safety and stability.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. Wealth care at work -- he ain't got enough wealth, so they don't care.