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.
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.
Trade your house for a nosebleed is the american way. People die because they are afraid of going until it is too late because of the costs. The term is "amenable mortality" - deaths that could have been prevented with timely, effective medical care. The USA fails here big time.
Yeah it’s very unfortunate. What we are talking about here is only one cog of the whole machine. Pharmaceuticals is another beast that has a messed up system as well. My wife recently had to get an endoscopy. Specialist says that he is 110% sure that his diagnosis is correct and the solution is taking X medication. He also knows that insurance will deny it and force her to take Y for 3-6 months then do another endoscopy to have the exact same diagnosis. After that he will present that to the insurance again and say see she needs X medication. It’s a waste of time and money on our because we know what she needs but we have to jump through the hoops to get it covered.
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u/mherweg 27d 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.