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Privatized Healthcare is so awesome (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Here's my American Healthcare story:

snap finger bone, go to urgent care to get splint
pay 50ish dollars that day
2 months later, get bill for 200 dollars
ahah! everyone says to ask for an itemized bill! do that
get itemized bill back that claims the 200 charge is for 'visiting with a doctor with knowledge of medical history' (paraphrasing)
contest charge because I did not see a doctor, and splinting a snapped finger does not require any fucking context at all
get runaround for 2 months, while being threatened with late fees
finally they say they will adjust the bill
get new bill for $201, 'for a visit that did not include a doctor' (no fucking joke)

welcome the USA, where healthcare operations are scams

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/arizona-based-nextcare-inc-pay-us-10-million-resolve-false-claims-act-allegations

https://www.justice.gov/usao-az/pr/urgent-care-provider-convicted-health-care-fraud-and-ordered-pay-125-million

(these are just 2 of the scams in my state, thanks to shell companies when one is shut, another opens)

edit: and in case anyone thinks I paid that shit, I didn't. I sent them a polite version of a 'fuck you' reply. Then covid hit and I never heard from them again.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile in austria even the dentist is covered

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

American health care is fucked. That said:

I watched a promo for St Jude a few years back. They cover all expenses for families so they can focus on their kids. You should donate. They're awesome.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel like it's a no win situation.

Here in Canada, my coworker has needed back surgery since last year in September. He just got into a specialist for a consultation last week to get surgery scheduled. He's been living for almost an entire year on light duty at work with back pain.

I feel over the past 10 years our Government has mismanaged their financials and our healthcare and education systems have taken the beating for it. Public services are only as good as the people who are trusted to safeguard them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Sounds like your coworker is getting healthcare.

In America he'd just suffer for the rest of his life and then off himself when he was too old to handle the pain and still work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this a joke I am too not-American to understand?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah. The bill is real but st judes is a charity hospital. Joking the only way to pay his debt is rob a charity

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Usually there's still an out of pocket max, like $5000.

But I guess that could depend on your insurance

It's such a scam and the people voting against universal care are the same ones who complain they don't go to the doctor because it's too expensive

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of the people voting against universal healthcare are comfortably middle class and want to protect their ~premium coverage~ or they're on Medicare. Few people struggling to afford healthcare even vote lol

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And tons and tons are poor in red srates

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No, most of the poor in red states don't vote. That's universally true across the country - there's a small minority that do, but they're not the ones stopping universal healthcare. It's business owners, landlords, wealthy blue collar workers, farmers, and retirees.

This myth that the poor vote for their own oppression is something made up to make you hate poor people.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok then, I would love to see your information so I can understand it

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

So on universal healthcare I'm not sure, but based on party preference and voter participation it looks like right-wing poor people are a minority. There's a linear relationship between voting and income and there's a clear party preference based on income as well.

Poor people usually don't vote, and when they do they usually don't vote to the Right. I guess I'm just assuming that translates into things like universal healthcare. I need to go to work so I'm out of time to find out for sure though lol

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