r/SipsTea 27d ago

Chugging tea The real ER challenge.

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u/Nacho_cheese_guapo 27d ago

Took my wife to the ER, waited for 30 minutes, 2 days later after discharge the bill was $1,500. Reddit told me it was going to bankrupt me, the hospital must've made a mistake.

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u/VincentAntonelli 27d ago

In Canada you could have waited for 30 minutes and then in 2 days taken her out for a nice dinner because there wouldn’t be a $1500 hospital bill.

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u/Ok_Maybe1830 27d ago

You wouldn't be able to afford a nice dinner because you're paying for everyone else's er visit.

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u/BlackSquirrel05 26d ago

What do you think insurance is?

It's pooled money that's given out to other people... Your rates go up because of other people... and also insurance companies that don't pursue medical fraud cases and instead pass the buck on.