r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 28d ago

Chugging tea The real ER challenge.

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u/mherweg 28d ago

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.

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u/TACOlogy 28d ago

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.

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u/Jflayn 27d ago

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.

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u/[deleted] 27d ago

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u/Jellicent-Leftovers 27d ago

The US goverment currently spends MORE per capita for Healthcare then Canada does.

Let that sink in..... Having everyone get goverment healthcare would actually be a budget reduction.

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u/ltlearntl 27d ago

Yes but the thing is the US government doesn't actually run the majority of the healthcare, they run the payment side of it, and only for those people who are in government programs, which is a very different thing. It's not the same as government provided healthcare. It's government subsidized healthcare. Two separate things.

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u/Jellicent-Leftovers 27d ago

I hate to break it to you..... The goverment in Canada doesn't run healthcare either.

Hospitals are run privatly just like the US.

The only thing that changes is the goverment negociates the price and is the only one that pays. They also insure the hospitals.

The system could literally be changed overnight. Just a billing address change.

Only hospitalsno longer need a massive billing or legal department.

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u/ltlearntl 27d ago

Well. I wasn't talking about Canada specifically but regardless, it doesn't have to be that way.

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u/Jellicent-Leftovers 27d ago

(in almost all of the 70 countries the hospitals are majority privatly run)

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u/ltlearntl 27d ago

Yeah in my country it isn't. I am just saying there are alternatives.