Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000

Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000 by lstodd on Saturday May 21, 2022 @06:21PM (#31462529)

This reminds me of the situation with the telecoms in the east europe - it's almost the same. There were no incumbents, so both internet access and private healthcare are leagues above US. It's just not comparable. Also include online banking here.

You need stuff done - you go and get it, end of the story. No bullshit, no courts, no nothing, and it's orders of magnitude cheaper.

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Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000 by helloworld11 on Sunday May 22, 2022 @08:51AM (#31467589)

Bascially, the joys of free, open, not schizophrenically regulated market mechanisms and competition, unlike the U.S. healthcare system, which despite many common claims to the contrary is a shitshow of protectionism, half-assed regulation regimes and all sorts of bizarre half-measured meddling.

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