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jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007

Mange Mite posted:

i'll tell you teh secret: just don't pay

like lol if you think hospitals are going to sue you in another country. usually theyll sell your debt to some lovely colleciton agency who will make a few half-assed phone calls and then give up.

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sexy young infidel
Nov 13, 2014

Faggot of the Year
2012, 2014

Baba Ganoush posted:

Now it's mandated by law and is more expensive, oh and it's more expensive. Thanks obama.

At least its way more expensive now

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer
here in the states we pay dearly for our halth care because we are funding 100% of the modern medical breakthroughs and miracle treatments that the rest of the world gets to leech off of us.

Drunk Nerds
Jan 25, 2011

Just close your eyes
Fun Shoe

R-Type posted:

Your wife must be a disgusting fat to not notice a basketball sized tumor, which blob'ed on one of your spawn.

Nah, normal sized. I misspoke by implying it was basketball-sized right away. Doctors say the tumor was only canteloupe-sized but ballooned over the 7 months of her pregnancy.

Also, the triplet got absorbed when it was like the size of a pea. Not as freaky as "absorbed a triplet" makes it sound.

Drunk Nerds fucked around with this message at 21:50 on Nov 19, 2014

OXBALLS DOT COM
Sep 11, 2005

by FactsAreUseless
Young Orc

Gunky Junket posted:

Yeah, but just my luck it'll happen in some shithole that (if you're a foreigner) won't attend to you unless you can show insurance documents or pay an exorbitant up-front deposit. I don't like running too many risks when it comes health - travel insurance is always one of the first things put on the budget list. :D

oh this was directed more at foreigners in the us.

Kanthulhu
Apr 8, 2009
NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!

IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.

BUT NOT HALF AS PISSED AS I'D BE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SPOIL VARYS KILLING A LANISTER!!!


(Dany shits in a field)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9ktMFr3wXM

The preexisting condition was that the lady had an infection before. Yes, because she had at least one infection before the insurance isn't goin to pay a dime of that bill.

jarjarbinksfan621
Mar 4, 2012

Why don't we cull people like this?

big black turnout
Jan 13, 2009



Fallen Rib
uh my mom was in the uk and passed out walking down some stairs, spraining her ankle in the process. ambulance ride and er visit cost her nothing, so no it's not like this in every country

DeusExMachinima
Sep 2, 2012

:siren:This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!:siren:

Put this loser on ignore immediately!

a starwar betamax posted:

here in the states we pay dearly for our halth care because we are funding 100% of the modern medical breakthroughs and miracle treatments that the rest of the world gets to leech off of us.

and their military too. NATO is like the biggest welfare program in the world, oh sure we'll pay for half of euro defense while you spend that money on uhc and smug out about how much better you are than us

The Walking Dad
Dec 31, 2012
The child is technically a U.S. citizen

Bring us the child...wipe away the debt...

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...
you guys are right we should go back to being able to spend $10 a month on health insurance that wont cover anything

Baba Ganoush
Oct 12, 2014
Dinosaur Gum
No, I agree, it's better to spend 400$ a month on insurance that won't cover anything

social vegan
Nov 7, 2014



lol yeah people from saskatchewan can count that high

DeusExMachinima
Sep 2, 2012

:siren:This poster loves police brutality, but only when its against minorities!:siren:

Put this loser on ignore immediately!

The Walking Dad posted:

The child is technically a U.S. citizen

Bring us the child...wipe away the debt...

jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007

Baba Ganoush posted:

No, I agree, it's better to spend 400$ a month on insurance that won't cover anything

Elman
Oct 26, 2009

Wait so was this a particularly expensive birth cause she had a bladder infection or something or is the price completely normal and the only special thing here is that her insurance said gently caress you?

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...

Baba Ganoush posted:

No, I agree, it's better to spend 400$ a month on insurance that won't cover anything

the eliminated the preexisting rule though, which will drive rates up if they can't rely on a bunch of poors paying a monthly subscription fee for a piece of paper that otherwise does not cost the company anything.

i disagree that it should even be for profit and would probably be better subsidized the way the highway system is but that's apparently communism so

sexy young infidel
Nov 13, 2014

Faggot of the Year
2012, 2014

Elman posted:

Wait so was this a particularly expensive birth cause she had a bladder infection or something or is the price completely normal and the only special thing here is that her insurance said gently caress you?

she was in the hospital for four months

Libelous Slander
May 1, 2009

... you're just creepy ...
enough about the ACA though, this woman's child should have been left to Exposure. the old ways were wise

sexy young infidel
Nov 13, 2014

Faggot of the Year
2012, 2014
the ironically named affordable care act... other countries probably think its cool but actually a "meta" president is a real pain in the dick

a star war betamax
Sep 17, 2011

by Lowtax
Gary’s Answer

Elman posted:

Wait so was this a particularly expensive birth cause she had a bladder infection or something or is the price completely normal and the only special thing here is that her insurance said gently caress you?

no her and her baby lounged about the hospital for 4 months... i think in canada they call this 'holiday'... and never thoght to ask how much of a bill this was racking up.

Elman
Oct 26, 2009

sexy young infidel posted:

she was in the hospital for four months

isn't it 2 months but still loving lmao

SHISHKABOB
Nov 30, 2012

Fun Shoe

Elman posted:

Wait so was this a particularly expensive birth cause she had a bladder infection or something or is the price completely normal and the only special thing here is that her insurance said gently caress you?

try reading the article////???????

Elman
Oct 26, 2009

SHISHKABOB posted:

try reading the article////???????

gbs is not an rss

FizFashizzle
Mar 30, 2005







lol the names of these people and their accents on the news clip

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

BigwigML posted:

Can she avoid the bill if she lets the USA keep her baby? That seems fair to me.

you can actually ignore american medical bills even if you live here and in a way it makes you a hero just like batman or the punisher- living by showing your principles like those guys do

jenny jones fan
Dec 24, 2007
Yeah then you can pay 28% interest when it's time to get an auto loan and never own a home. :owned:

Kakarot
Jul 20, 2013

by zen death robot
Buglord

DeusExMachinima posted:

http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/million-dollar-baby-canadians-handed-1m-bill-after-woman-gives-birth-in-u-s-1.2107020

ooohh oh no wheres your socialist healthcare now? cant read legal agreements lady?

the ceo should call her up and be all like yo you suck my dick for 1hr and u get a mil

then she can feel all good about how much her time is worth and he can tell a baller story to his drinking buds, everyone wins

hahaha

what idiot goes on vacation to USA? Serves him right

Cockmaster
Feb 24, 2002

Tautologicus posted:

Canadians are still a few steps short of calling each other comrade and enduring rationing at the supermarket..

As are all the other countries which don't try to mix healthcare and unbridled free market capitalism - that is, the whole rest of the developed world.

Berk Berkly
Apr 9, 2009

by zen death robot

Melmac posted:

Yeah then you can pay 28% interest when it's time to get an auto loan and never own a home. :owned:

Blessing in disguise, imo.

SilkyP
Jul 21, 2004

The Boo-Box

is it true you can be jailed for saying hurtful things in canada

YourHealthyColon
Nov 21, 2013
I dont see the problem here, the baby now has American citizenship. 1mil is a small price to pay for that honor

extra stout
Feb 24, 2005

ISILDUR's ERR

Melmac posted:

Yeah then you can pay 28% interest when it's time to get an auto loan and never own a home. :owned:

you forgot to mention that you mean you can never own a home in 1 country which happens to be the worst country to invest in property in and one of the worst to pay taxes in. you can still buy a home in all of the other countries, or just pay cash for your american home if you like being dumb

Gunky Junket
Oct 30, 2014

by Ralp

darkwing cuck posted:

uh my mom was in the uk and passed out walking down some stairs, spraining her ankle in the process. ambulance ride and er visit cost her nothing, so no it's not like this in every country

Your Mum sounds like she might be a bit of a drunkard. She probably just forgot about the bill, or didn't even remember getting it in the first place. :D

TOILETLORD
Nov 13, 2012

by XyloJW
if your child is an american just make them go in the army so you get usaa, it's worth it.

Kanthulhu
Apr 8, 2009
NO ONE SPOIL GAME OF THRONES FOR ME!

IF SOMEONE TELLS ME THAT OBERYN MARTELL AND THE MOUNTAIN DIE THIS SEASON, I'M GOING TO BE PISSED.

BUT NOT HALF AS PISSED AS I'D BE IF SOMEONE WERE TO SPOIL VARYS KILLING A LANISTER!!!


(Dany shits in a field)

sexy young infidel posted:

she was in the hospital for four months

Oh, I see. That makes it ok, then. It's just 250000 dollars for each month! What a steal!

And those pansies still are complaining the insurance they paid for is refusing to do what it was supposed to do. Why can't they bootstrap themselves 1 million dollars and just get this over with.

I bet they would have to pay 1 million dollars if the kid was born in Canada as well, right?

BONE DOG
Jun 7, 2009

by Fluffdaddy

sexy young infidel posted:

this, but unironically and without the lisp. Its a huge problem all these countries paying ransoms to ISIS and they should be punished severely

lol Canada is not socialist

Sephiroth_IRA
Mar 31, 2010

DeusExMachinima posted:

[url]the ceo should call her up and be all like yo you suck my dick for 1hr and u get a mil

God you're charitable. I would demand anal to knock off 100k.

Berk Berkly
Apr 9, 2009

by zen death robot
Canadians mooching off superior USA medical system?

The irony is so thick you could smith pure-strain Hanzo Steel scalpels from it.

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sexy young infidel
Nov 13, 2014

Faggot of the Year
2012, 2014

mookface posted:

lol Canada is not socialist

hmmm *pondering, thinking, very serious right now if you could see me* If she had universal health care, from canada, how come she has to pay the medical bills in other countries? I think you're on to something here

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