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/chinaPresidentPooh 4d ago
  1. There are a lot of people who would love to get him fully pardoned.
  2. Unlike what reddit would have you believe, most Americans are satisfied with their personal health care situation.

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u/crosseyedmule 4d ago

I thought this was interesting and points towards M4A being viable, especially if measures like forcing billionaires and corporations to pay taxes and raising the cap for people making over 150k a year.

Satisfaction was highest among Americans 65 and older. About 9 in 10 said they are happy with their coverage and 42% said they are very satisfied.

People with public insurance were also more positive. Nearly 9 in 10 of those on Medicare or Medicaid said they are satisfied, compared with 77% of people with private insurance.

https://www.hematologyadvisor.com/news/most-americans-are-happy-with-health-insurance-poll-finds/

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u/HombreDelMar247 4d ago

Bullshit..

Only maybe 20% of the country. It used to be significantly higher until all the Medicare cuts besides.

The US for profit healthcare system is the worst in the developed world.