Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi...
by pizza234 on Monday September 19, 2022 @04:35AM
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The title can be interpreted in two ways.
It could be interpreted as the cost to the end payer (either patient or insurance). In this case, it's clickbait, because it doesn't represent what the patients pay, but still, it causes a stir, because readers will think that it does (as a matter of fact, some comments make this assumption).
It could be otherwise interpreted as the cost to the patients. In this case, since only a fraction of the users pay the whole bill, and the rest pays a fraction of the bill, the average is far below the full bill. For this reason, this is also a case of clickbait.
Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi...
by peyton on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:11PM
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“served bills” is not the same thing as “costs” when it comes to processing uninsured claims. The headline is clickbait.
Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi...
by MisterSandman on Saturday September 17, 2022 @07:45PM
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It is not clickbait, it does cost that much in medical bills, and 85% of people will have their insurance cover a part of that.
Re:Being a victim of rape costs an average of $3,500 in medi...
by As_You_Wish on Sunday September 18, 2022 @03:36AM
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It's clickbait if the headline implies that the person pays 100% of the cost. The title should read, in your way of saying it, "Medical Bills Are $3500, but Most Pay $500 and Insurance Covers the Rest for 85% of Women."
I wouldn't call that clickbait...