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Insane to me as a European.
I had a surgery on my nose done, to improve breathing at night. Was fully covered by my health insurance no questions asked, and according to their statement less than 2000€ incl a night in hospital. Only thing I had to pay was like 10€ or so to the hospital.
Can't imagine what that would have cost in the US of A. I'd probably still be struggling with breathing.
So I can't say what your cost would have been but can tell you mine for a minor stroke.
3 days in ICU, Clot Buster drug, CT Scan, MRI Scan, ECG, Heart Ultrasound, 3 Blood Screenings, and a slew of other drugs, tests, and treatments.
Total: $236,678.49 Including the Ride to the Hospital. I didn't have insurance at the time as I was out of work and my wife was moving to a new position so I'm on the hook for 100% of that.
My dude, this is so wrong man. You didn't do anything wrong. What we even doing it we aren't taking care of each other? What's this all for?
So many people talk about winning the lottery but it feels like everyone is playing this "reverse" lottery game where at any moment you could be on the hook for an eye-watering amount of money.
I'm a Brit living in Canada. I hurt my ankle at a pub in London, UK and it swelled like hell and I got out the tube at London Bridge to find a hospital that I found on Google Maps. I went there and the front desk person was like this was a private establishment you gotta go elsewhere. I was like, "ah crap" so I went back to the tube station. Apparently a tube station employee saw me leave and knew where I was headed and that I'd be back. So an ambulance was waiting for me to drive us (another girl there was passed out drunk) to the (correct) hospital. It took a long time to be seen and I stayed there all night, but I paid for nothing. I got the crutches for free and the therapy and like, I didn't even SHOW them my ID.
When I came back to Canada and Trump was making his threats. I have some right-wing friends that were like, "we should merge with the states". I said, "dude, that's a bad idea with healthcare, I know you think it sounds okay because you think you have insurance and stuff ... but it's gonna be bad for us as a country." He was defiant about it and that we should join the states though.
Please kick your friend in the nuts on my behalf. Thank you.
Holy shit. We have everyone pay ~15% of their wages to health insurance which sure sucks for some if they don't need anything paid (e.g. me, since I was always healthy). But than again that bill would not be such an issue around here.
Damn, you people need more Luigi's.
Yeah, we are long past time for something like that. My philosophy for years now has been that it's time to introduce some politician and billionaires to some classic French technology.
Agreed. History is really important and should be taught in more detail.
Absolutely agreed.
My elementary school taught early U.S. history (colonial era, Pilgrims.) Middle school taught ancient history (the Fertile Crescent, ancient Egypt, etc.)
My high school taught one (1) year of world history.
Then two more years of U.S. history.
Because, you know, 'Murican priorities.