What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills

Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by tclancy on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:03PM (#18720178)

And only have emergencies around there and don't lose consciousness! It's simple math people!

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by darawk on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:05PM (#18720209)

Buy insurance that has good coverage for the places you are likely to be. Why is that a problem?

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by nogrammer on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:17PM (#18720890)

...because even if you end up at a hospital where your coverage is great, they often have doctors or providers that won't accept your insurance, and there's just about no way to know this beforehand.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by darawk on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:24PM (#18720954)

So force hospitals and doctors to align on insurance acceptance, seems pretty simple.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by ceejayoz on Thursday December 20, 2018 @12:05PM (#18726673)

And buy travel insurance any time you want to drive more than a hundred miles or so?

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by hiokuer on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @06:02PM (#18720772)

Move to Europe or mostly any place outside the US and be able to forget about this idiocy.

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