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0 pointsalistairSH6mo ago0 comments

Not just arcane subject matter, but numbers so high any sane person panics.

Hospital: "Here's your bill for $1,000,000." (a figure which is 100% fictional) Patient: <panic> "Oh shit, I don't have $1,000,000!" Hospital: "Oh, we'll reduce it to $30,000. Aren't we nice!" Patient: <slightly less panic> "I don't have $30,000 either, but it might not bankrupt me immediately, so I guess that'll do..."

Never mind that the same procedure in most of the EU was either "free" (to consumer at time of care) or a fraction of the cost.

The whole system is fucked.

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macrolime6mo ago

In the EU you can also generally look up the cost, even in cases where the patient doesn't pay, there is a bill and fixed costs. The costs are what the government pays or what a foreigner with no medical coverage and insurance would pay. It's also generally a tiny fraction of the cost in the US.

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