A Boring Dystopia

9723 readers

1115 users here now

Pictures, Videos, Articles showing just how boring it is to live in a dystopic society, or with signs of a dystopic society.

Rules (Subject to Change)

--Be a Decent Human Being

--Posting news articles: include the source name and exact title from article in your post title

--Posts must have something to do with the topic

--Zero tolerance for Racism/Sexism/Ableism/etc.

--No NSFW content

--Abide by the rules of lemmy.world

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

givesomefucks

156

Nearly half of cancer patients have more than $5,000 in medical debt, even though most are insured (www.nbcnews.com)

submitted 6 months ago by return2ozma to c/aboringdystopia

9 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] gastationsushi 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I pay over $12k in insurance premiums a year. My child has to spend the night on the general floor because the ER wouldn't let him go home after what ended up being a minor pneumonia. We only saw the nurse once, low acuity, respiratory techs only giving him inhaler puffs, probably the healthiest kid in the hospital. Got a $17k bill and they wanted over $4k from me after insurance.

Also found out if they didn't charged my insurance first, my total bill would qualify for 90% off. But that is a double edge sword because my insurance has a max out of pocket each year. The US is broken y'all.