What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills

Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by ams6110 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @08:36AM (#18724737)

You have gone from a hypothetical to concluding that people in the US die because they can't afford cancer drugs.

If your dad was over 65, he would be on Medicare. If he was younger than 65 and impoverished (income between 0 - ~150% of poverty level) he would be on Medicaid or another state plan for low income people. If he's above 150% of poverty level he probably has health insurance available at work or thru ACA. In fact is legally obligated to.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by normal_man on Thursday December 20, 2018 @09:19AM (#18725042)

It's entirely possible to have health coverage and still be financially ruined by a health emergency due to deductibles and pre-existing condition loopholes.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by taysic on Friday December 21, 2018 @07:54PM (#18738125)

Yet some people believe going to a freer market route would dramatically decrease costs

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