fuck america and its dogshit insurance scam industry π cannot wait for this shitstain country to collapse
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A country collapsing wouldn't exactly make things easier for its people. I'd prefer just fixing the problem, y'know.
America has proven time and time again that it can't be "fixed", it's rotten from the ground up. The longer it stays around the more people it harms. My entire life has been nothing but financial crisis after financial crisis, war after war, a rapidly deteriorating climate, all in the name of profits, and nobody in power seems to want to do jack shit about it. The only way to fix it is to dismantle the structures of power and replace it with a structure where capital doesn't pull the strings.
I am very lucky that I dont live in America
what the hell is "other adjustments"?????
I had a medical emergency yesterday that may me realize how lucky I am to live in Canada.
I'm getting weekly immunotherapy allergy shots (which are also covered by the free healthcare here) and I had a bad reaction to a shot. They needed to give me 2 epipens and some ventilator drug and stretchered me in an ambulance to the hospital where I waited about 5-10 min (I was stable at this point) for a private room. They kept me there for like 4 hours with IV drip and prescribed me another EpiPen.
Total cost was 0 with no questions asked. I know for non life threatening injuries like broken bones you might be waiting a few hours to get in, but I'd rather it be like that then have the possibility of going in massive debt.
I know for non life threatening injuries like broken bones you might be waiting a few hours to get in, but I'd rather it be like that then have the possibility of going in massive debt.
It's not as if waiting times here in the US are any better. (In fact, they can be worse, since the profit motive has e.g. been causing rural ERs to close entirely.)
Make no mistake: us here in the States aren't choosing to pay more to get better healthcare; we're being forced to pay more to get absolutely fuck-all in return except for the unjust enrichment of insurance industry middlemen.
Is this a joke I am too not-American to understand?
Yeah. The bill is real but st judes is a charity hospital. Joking the only way to pay his debt is rob a charity
I still don't get it. Is 100k the bill or his account balance after the bill was payed? And if it is the bill why is it listed under "other adjustments"?
I think 100k is the amount he still owes. Looks like he had a follow up or something that added $250 and insurance covered $175. Context is he had a seizure in the shower and was in the hospital for a month. A lot of plans you have co insurance after hitting your deductible where you split any further costs with the insurance company say 80/20. So it's possible he only ends up paying $20k of that, or his bill was much higher and $100k is what he owes after co insurance
It doesn't have to be this way
I'd be dead in America.
Affording the treatment wouldn't have been an issue, because I wouldn't have been able to afford the diagnosis.
St Judeβs is a charity hospital that does not charge patients or their families. They accept insurance payments only and the rest is covered as charity.
Insurance companies are a joke. I hate it here. I worked at a certain restaurant for years who make an entire thing out of getting donations for St. Judes a few weeks a year. What are we donating for if people still get bills like this?
This isn't a bill from st judes but you should know you were just soliciting a tax write off for your company. That's why they do that stuff
The company doesn't get to tax write off other peoples donations.
You think so huh?
Why don't you show me any proof otherwise if you know so much.
In fact if you have any proof otherwise why don't you send it to the IRS they pay actual bounties on actionable tips on tax evasion.
They make a donation and use people's money to cover the cost
No. That isn't how it works either. Well they might use that to meet the pr pledge but that isn't the same as taking the deduction.
As I told the other person if you actual have any proof to back that up report it to the IRS and collect your bounty.
It is when I see this that I am grateful for having been born in a country with 100% public and universal health