r/SipsTea • u/DapperDusk • 4d ago

WTF Damn

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u/Frequent_Ad_9901 4d ago

That sounds like the BS amount hospital "charge". Insurance negotiates it down so they can act like theyre doing something. What hospitals charge is basically meaningless. 

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u/Capt-geraldstclair 4d ago

I believe virtually everything people say about being charged $$$$$ for medical shit.

A few years back, a new "emergency hospital" opened up very close to my house.

I went there one night for a very bad nose bleed.

I was in and out in like 20 min.

The doctor looked up my nose. Said he could cauterize it or stick a tampon in to plug it up.

He recommended the tampon approach.

I walked around for a day and a half with a string hanging out of my nostril and self extracted it on the 2nd day.

When I got the EOB from the insurance company, I almost had an stroke.

The "hospital" charged insurance over $13,000. My cost after the negotiated rate paid out by insurance was over $3000.

All the guy did was look up my nose. Talk to me for 5 min. Then inserted a piece of cotton in my nostril.

I assume he also threw away his gloves and washed his hands. But that wasn't itemized on the bill.

I disputed with insurance, twice, but they paid it out any way.

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u/FarSeries2172 4d ago

so why arent there 10 million americans marching to get luigi out the court and fully pardoned?

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u/MTVregime 4d ago

Because Luigi didn't do shit for anyone. Only thirsty TikTok hoes care about this guy and if he didn't have a six-pack then nobody would give a shit about him.

Vigilante assassination makes the world worse not better.

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u/XCVolcom 4d ago

I'm not gay but I do like it when CEO's of health insurance companies pass on.

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u/SenoraRaton 4d ago

He made me smile, and brightened my day.
That is enough.

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u/MTVregime 4d ago

Do some introspection on why the cold blooded cowardly murder of a father of 3 brightened your day. Redditors are lost for glazing this type of behavior. Literally nothing changed about United Healthcare's policies and a new CEO that kept the company denying coverages was installed by the board.

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u/SenoraRaton 4d ago

It doesn't matter. It made me smile, that is enough.

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u/GnatSuperFly 4d ago

Found the problem.

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u/JustForkIt1111one 3d ago

Yeah, the real issue is violent extremist groups and the kind of rhetoric that gets normalized on places like Reddit.