17 Medical Bills From 2022 That Make Me Want To Walk Straight Into The Sea (And Not Call An Ambulance)
I <3 capitalism.
1. Welcome to America, where urgent cares are treated like McDonald's:
2. Need to head to the ER for 20 minutes? That'll be $1,000:
3. Same goes for 15 minutes:
4. Pay $125,000, or face death? Hmmm...
5. Why buy the exact same thing online when you can get it from the hospital for $300 more?
6. First rule of US healthcare: Never take an ambulance to the hospital...
7. ...but if you refuse, they're gonna charge you anyway:
8. Thank god for insurance, right?
9. Even though...sometimes it does diddly squat:
10. And if you don't have insurance, enjoy watching your life savings get wiped:
12. But don't worry. If you don't have insurance, there's always gift cards:
13. Here in the US, nearly every kind of care is billed as something else so they can charge you more (fun!!!):
My doctor froze off a wart by spraying it with a can of liquid nitrogen. Took all of two minutes. It was billed as a surgery, and they billed my insurance over 500 USD. Total for the appointment was over $800. Our healthcare system is a joke... Thank goodness my insurance covered nearly all of it. from mildlyinfuriating