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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by FireBeyond on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:25PM (#19821938)
That's excellent, and really contributed to your quality of life.

I on the other hand had "excellent" employer-provided healthcare. But when a routine kidney stone (my first) ended up having (pre-existing, not as a result of procedures) infection and I had three procedures for it, two in the OR, the bill ended up being the best part of $100,000, which I had to come up with co-pays and others to the tune of nearly $8,000.

For a kidney stone. Something that (touch wood) I might not have again, but could also have dozens through my life.

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Re:Employees Start to Feel the Squeeze of High-Deductible He... by mrosett on Friday May 03, 2019 @04:38PM (#19822047)
My sense is that your experience is becoming more and more common. As far as I can tell, co-pays, deductibles, etc have been going up dramatically over the last few years (as the original article points out.)
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