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He got 6 stitches and a tetanus shot after cutting his knee. The bill? $6,589.77. Then his wife came down with a terrible fever — but fearing another hefty bill, delayed her diagnosis of a potentially deadly bout of Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

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I have literally growths in my body that I don’t get checked out because of fear of how much it will cost to find out it was nothing, or worse, something. WorldsBestHealthcare

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I rolled my ankle at my nephews football game. Went to urgent care for 39 minutes, they took two X-rays and wrapped it and gave me Tylenol. For that they charged my insurance nearly $3,000.00.

“Independent contractor” words to put on your headstone…

I cut my hand , ended up in emergency room , the doctor who stitched me up ( and did amazing job )charged me $1,300.00 , which I gladly paid right away , but total hospital bill is $8,000 and something. Not fair! Maimonides hospital center .

I have the feeling that these people vote for Republicans.

POTUS BernieSanders SpeakerPelosi SenWarren

Good thing you didn't spend the night in the hospital. It'd be out another 25,000

America is a 3rd world country. Your GDP may be 10s of trillions but that means nothing if your healthcare is not accessible to all, education is 🗑 and your infrastructure is crumbling.

Americans don't pay for defence or policing on an individual basis - they are universal services based on tax and 'free at the the point of use'. Why is universal healthcare any different? 'Noooo, that's socialism!!!'

I'd stitch myself up for that price. Good thing he didn't have an ambulance ride. That can be another few grand.

medlea54 Wouldn’t the smart thing to do is take the shot, stay alive and then fight the bill? You can’t fight if you die.

I'm ready to burn it all down when y'all are. Cleansing Fire/Salted Earth 2024

i hate this place.

Reagan privatized medicine, and he WASN’T the devil… 🙄

My wife had breast cancer. I had a triple bypass. What did it cost? ......$0.00... Affordable universal healthcare is the way to go. We didn't loose our home or our savings. Wake up.

But...but...'socialism.' Oh well.

Hell, I'd have done it for $1254.77.

Imagine what marginalized people of color go through.

Didn’t John Denver write a song about this?

Any Europeans want $10k usd to green card marry me?

Pretty sure we all know someone who’s made a similar decision. This health system we have is so f*cked.

Medicare. For. All.

once again I'm just so grateful that I am from brazil

This is a perfect case for universal healthcare & abuse by insurance/ health companies.

Ireland here… don’t you people have any politicians?

Shouldn't have done that.

Again?

Strangely or not, the worst healthcare states are where the doctors make the most money.

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