Watch 15 Magically Awkward Seconds Roll By While A Man Panics After Accidentally Insulting America
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[QUOTE=bord2tears;44222726]I have good healthcare, but I'm in a well paying / salary job - wouldn't call myself rich though.[/QUOTE]
I'm salaried and allegedly have good healthcare but I'm way averse to going in for anything right now because I still don't feel I can comfortably part with the cash needed for whatever co-pay ends up getting slapped on me at the end. Sometimes it's $30 to be told "I know it looks like you've got a serious virus but go buy a bottle of advil at walgreens", other times it's "your insurance DID cover the $30 for the two advil capsules we gave you but the rest of your visit cost $300 to sit in the office while we had someone dig them out of the cupboard"
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44222708]I have a friend there that tells me it's not free? More accessible than America's, but not free.[/QUOTE]
I don't even need American healthcare to be [I]free[/I]. Obviously that would be the best ultimate outcome, but I'd be happy just to see it [I]affordable.[/I] When an ambulance ride to the hospital, before you've even received any treatment, can set you back two to three thousand dollars, you've got a major problem. When simply being admitted to the hospital once you've arrived, and having a doctor agree to come look at you, costs you another thousand dollars, again, before any treatment is administered, well... I'm sure we're all seeing the pattern here, right?
[editline]13th March 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE=dai;44222841]I'm salaried and allegedly have good healthcare but I'm way averse to going in for anything right now because I still don't feel I can comfortably part with the cash needed for whatever co-pay ends up getting slapped on me at the end. Sometimes it's $30 to be told "I know it looks like you've got a serious virus but go buy a bottle of advil at walgreens", other times it's "your insurance DID cover the $30 for the two advil capsules we gave you but the rest of your visit cost $300 to sit in the office while we had someone dig them out of the cupboard"[/QUOTE]
Simple things like this is where shit really starts to pile up, yeah. Getting two advil at the hospital actually probably costs a hell of a lot more than $30. Hell, a simple bandaid can cost as much as $150, if applied in the emergency room. A bag of saline, literally saltwater, can cost several hundred. There's no excuse.
[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;44222708]I have a friend there that tells me it's not free? More accessible than America's, but not free.[/QUOTE]
Well you pay for it by contributing a set percentage of your payroll but since it's like that for longer than My parents live you do not notice that.
[QUOTE=Katla;44221942]Did you get cut? You can always ease the pain in your mind by reducing everything that is sharp down to a blunt edge.
Avoid all the edges. Ignorance is bliss.[/QUOTE]
lol you're not even american but i bet you know all about the country so i should listen to you
[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;44222854]I don't even need American healthcare to be [I]free[/I]. Obviously that would be the best ultimate outcome, but I'd be happy just to see it [I]affordable.[/I] When an ambulance ride to the hospital, before you've even received any treatment, can set you back two to three thousand dollars, you've got a major problem. When simply being admitted to the hospital once you've arrived, and having a doctor agree to come look at you, costs you another thousand dollars, again, before any treatment is administered, well... I'm sure we're all seeing the pattern here, right?
[editline]13th March 2014[/editline]
Simple things like this is where shit really starts to pile up, yeah. Getting two advil at the hospital actually probably costs a hell of a lot more than $30. Hell, a simple bandaid can cost as much as $150, if applied in the emergency room. A bag of saline, literally saltwater, can cost several hundred. There's no excuse.[/QUOTE]
The excuse is everything is vastly overinflated because they're trying to go for the Insurance Company's deep pockets. Unfortunately when it comes to no-insurance, you're just kinda fucked. I heard you can try to negotiate the price if you aren't insured, but I don't know how realistic that actually is.
[QUOTE=meppers;44218101]ahahahahahaha
"if you're poor just stop being poor"
a man unironically said these words[/QUOTE]
I tried it and it works, I drive a Fiat 126p now
Atleast we got the 1st 4 years of college for almost free here :)
if that katla guy moves here can i take his place in sweden
i promise to suppress my urge to wave the american flag while clapping
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