17 Medical Bills From 2022 That Make Me Want To Walk Straight Into The Sea (And Not Call An Ambulance)
1. Welcome to America, where urgent cares are treated like McDonald's:
2. Need to head to the ER for 20 minutes? That'll be $1,000:
3. Same goes for 15 minutes:
Just got this bill… $1000 for a 15 minute visit to the E.R to pull some wood out my ear (Debris from pallet) from mildlyinfuriating
4. Pay $125,000, or face death? Hmmm...
This life-saving drug for my son costs $125,000 per 12/mg dose. The hospital lets you keep the empty box as a souvenir. from ABoringDystopia
5. Why buy the exact same thing online when you can get it from the hospital for $300 more?
6. First rule of US healthcare: Never take an ambulance to the hospital...
7. ...but if you refuse, they're gonna charge you anyway:
got into an accident last October and the EMS are trying to bill me for turning down the ambulance ride along with mileage. from mildlyinfuriating
8. Thank god for insurance, right?
If I didn't have insurance, I would have to pay more than 400 dollars for a SINGLE bottle of ADHD medication. HOW DID WE NORMALIZE THIS??? from ABoringDystopia
9. Even though...sometimes it does diddly squat:
ER bill after fainting at work. Was there not even two hours. If I didn’t have insurance I’d be screwed. USA from mildlyinfuriating
10. And if you don't have insurance, enjoy watching your life savings get wiped:
This is the hospital bill I just got as an uninsured who who spent a total of 3 hours in the ER from mildlyinfuriating
11. I mean really, REALLY wiped:
this is how much it cost to repair a broken neck from a motorcycle accident with no health insurance. I still haven't gotten the other bills for anesthesia or the E.R. stay. from Wellthatsucks
12. But don't worry. If you don't have insurance, there's always gift cards:
This year, give your special someone the gift of accessing the American healthcare system from ABoringDystopia
13. Here in the US, nearly every kind of care is billed as something else so they can charge you more (fun!!!):
My doctor froze off a wart by spraying it with a can of liquid nitrogen. Took all of two minutes. It was billed as a surgery, and they billed my insurance over 500 USD. Total for the appointment was over $800. Our healthcare system is a joke... Thank goodness my insurance covered nearly all of it. from mildlyinfuriating
14. Try not to get a kidney stone unless you have $10,000 lying around:
I went to the ER for a kidney stone and the hospital charged my insurance nearly $5000 for a CT scan. from mildlyinfuriating
15. Hey, at least the meds we pay hundreds for are TOTALLY worth the money, right?
$396 bottle of eye drops my dad needs before cataract surgery. Medicare didn't cover it. (Quarter for scale) from Wellthatsucks
16. Tbh, I'd just let the snake bite take me:
17. Bottom line, just avoid medical care as much as possible...or else:
Cut my finger and got 4 stitches. This is why Americans avoid hospitals as much as possible. from mildlyinfuriating
Gotta love the good ol' US of A.
Bravo
