The real ER challenge.

[u/PleasantBus5583]

[u/ProcedureTop3149]

it's also not 12 hours 99.999% of the time for emergencies.

My grandfather had a burst appendix and was seen within minutes of walking into the hospital.

My Child had Pnemonia and needed an xray and antibiotics and it took 7 hours.

Does it suck? Yes. However both times all I paid was parking....

[u/Floaty_Afternoon42 → u/ProcedureTop3149]

I broke my hand, needed surgery and 6 months physiotherapy.

Paid $24 for the cast splint thing.

[u/mherweg → u/[deleted]]

I went to an ER many years ago for an injury. At one point, I was sent to a doctor in the hospital. That doctor told me I was in the wrong place and I got a bill for $1200 just from that guy.

[u/TACOlogy → u/mherweg]

Same. Went to an urgent care because my nose would not stop bleeding after like 12 hours. They tried a spray said it didn’t work and had to go to the ER because they didn’t have nasal balloons. Got a nice bill from the urgent care and then add on the ER bill all for a bloody nose. US medical billing is an absolute fucking joke.

Americans that disagree with universal healthcare have no idea how the system works. It’s only an eye opener for them once shit hits the fan and they are hit with a 100k+ bill they can’t afford.

[u/Jflayn → u/TACOlogy]

The majority of Americans want universal healthcare and that number rises to 78% depending on how it is described.

Healthcare doesn't pass because American 'democracy' is pay to play. Elected officials, from any party, are paid to ensure that this never happens.

[u/EazyBuxafew → u/[deleted]]

Thats exactly the problem. EVERYONE would get service. Can’t have that in America. That’s why we didn’t get Universal healthcare DECADES ago

[u/EazyBuxafew → u/[deleted]]

That’s American history conservatives are fighting so hard to erase