Comments by "iloveyouamberappel" (@iloveyouamberappel) on "Patient Advocates Can Save Your Money And Your Life (HBO)" video.

Sterling Adams Doesn't the US have the highest survival rate for most ailments?
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Is this just an ad? Seems like there is an endless supply of people willing to take advantage of people in bad situations.
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Ariel Hunt You mean you don't want a patient advocate so you could be even further in debt?
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I know. I just see this video as a full on ad for patient advocates and I personally feel it is just another person trying to take advantage. Universal healthcare isn't all it is cracked up to be either. Long wait times and other issues. That is why you will see many Canadians coming to the US for treatment.
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Metis Advantage these aren't people acting in the role of doctors. They are charging people up to $400/HR to circumnavigate the paperwork and phone calls. If I am being honest I think doctor's charge too much as well. I feel like it has been well documented that costs sky rocketed with the invention of insurance.
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Metis Advantage I think my answer was pretty clear the first time. Providing a service to a patient, fine. Charging up to 400/HR for this service, not fine. IMO at that point you are just goughing people who are in a desperate situation. Similar to some doctors.
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@GailNowacky $00 an hour? So for free? I guess I would accept that if the lawyer was decent. If you meant $400 an hour, then maybe. I don't know the price of a lawyer but I can tell you I would not pay $400 an hour to circumnavigate the paperwork and phone calls of getting out of jail when the person was not a lawyer. To restate my original point, I am saying these people are being gouged for the service being offered and to me it seems predatory. Just because someone is willing to pay doesn't make it less predatory and it remains unethical. It's akin to charging people like Martin Shkreli
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@GailNowacky I am not taking issue that this exists as a business. There are many like this that provide a service to people who could or could not do a task themselves but choose to pay someone. Yard maintenance comes to mind or as you keep wanting to talk about legal work like applying for a pardon. My issue is what they are charging. $30-50 an hour, that makes sense to me. Hundreds of dollars does not. The video highlighted people being charged absurd amounts of money, so that is what I commented on. If the story was, there is a company that provides this amazing service and it will only cost you $30/hr it wouldn't be a story. I'm sure these "advocates" are good at their job and get results but they are not in the rank of doctors/lawyers and should not charge that much. The fact that people keep equating them to these professions is further evidence that there is something wrong here. Equate them to a receptionist or personal assistant, like they are.
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@GailNowacky No they aren't. Period. An attorney and a CPA go to school for years to understand and hone their craft. Although few, some Patient advocates have no more than a high school diploma.
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@GailNowacky LOL. Did you just copy and paste this from the first website you found? From the same website you "educated" yourself with..." As a new and unregulated field, there are no set national standards or certifications for patient advocates, so employment requirements are very flexible" , "A few patient advocates had only high school diplomas" and I am qualified to judge. What determines that I am not?
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