She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money

Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by gaulish on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:10AM (#37309081)

I love my quality of care in the US. My insurance is quite reasonable compared to what my increased tax burden might look like overseas. I can’t imagine living in a nation that would make me wait months for something like an MRI, I love living in a nation where I can get an MRI for myself and my dog in the same day. I also enjoy living in a nation that doesn’t suggest I kill myself over trivial situations and backlogs, let alone suggest I kill myself at all.

The only thing I hate is dealing with Byzantine clerical processes in the occasions they make a mistake. Have to waste 3 hours on back and forth phone calls because a low-level nurse made a typo is obnoxious.

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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by Jare on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:15AM (#37309162)

> I love living in a nation where I can get an MRI for myself and my dog in the same day

You love living in a nation where millions of people can't afford basic healthcare for themselves but your dog can get an MRI same day.

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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by Workaccount2 on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:16AM (#37309169)

The reason you have those things is because others don't have access to them.

You being able to get an MRI in a week might have the social cost of 3 people not being able to get an MRI at all.

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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by grecy on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:17AM (#37309176)

> I love my quality of care in the US. My insurance is quite reasonable

Does it matter to you that 27.6 million of your countrymen have no insurance? [1]

Does it matter to you that 66.5% of all bankruptcies are due to medical bills [2] and that Almost 1 in 5 adults with health care debt either lose their homes or declare bankruptcy ? [2]

Do you simply not care that the people in your community and society struggle to get the bare minimum?

[1] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2023/...

[2] https://www.retireguide.com/retirement-planning/risks/medica...

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Re:She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death,... by skyyler on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @11:32AM (#37309421)

Let's start with drug testing our public officials and banning them from consuming alcohol and junk food :-)

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