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Enjoy your bill for a simple loving rattlesnake bite
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Jul 18, 2015 08:48
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Holy poo poo WHAT the gently caress did you DO I get VA services (I was in the USAF) and the gov't gets my bill for almost everything medical, and I am VERY appreciative. But when I do have to pay for poo poo, it's NOTHING that absurd. I think someone screwed up in accounting General Tofu fucked around with this message at 08:52 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Jul 18, 2015 08:50
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well, it's not like YOU have to pay that. You can make everyone else around you pay it, it's communism, actually.
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Jul 18, 2015 08:53
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Lol someone's been on Reddit 
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Jul 18, 2015 08:54
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Just don't get bit by a rattlesnake, op.
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Jul 18, 2015 08:56
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Okay, if I ever get bitten by a snake I'll just die from the venom. It'll probably be slightly less painful than dying homeless and starving under the crippling debt caused by mounting hospital bills.
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Jul 18, 2015 08:59
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88k seems like a lot for "pharmacy"
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Jul 18, 2015 09:00
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i personally wouldn't pay a time over 75k
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Jul 18, 2015 09:01
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should of just made an x incision over the bite and sucked it out
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Jul 18, 2015 09:02
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they had to secure rare anti venom from the ancient temples of shangri la so it's a real bargain really
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Jul 18, 2015 09:03
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Suck it out or get insurance
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Jul 18, 2015 09:03
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pay this ...no what do you mean no ...no? oh yeah ok welp
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Jul 18, 2015 09:04
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don't pay it, pay me
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Jul 18, 2015 09:06
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Healthcare is expensive but I think this is a situation where you are literally getting hosed in the rear end. With the VA (no dental coverage) I had to get a tooth pulled (with anesthetic phew) and it was $495 They did a good job too and I got free ibuprofen at the pharmacy
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Jul 18, 2015 09:06
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i still dont know how the US health care system hasn't collapsed yet. even insured people regularly go bankrupt rather than pay impossible bills, so how can doctors generate the revenue to sustain all the parasitic insurance middle men??? it's some sub prime mortgage poo poo and the collapse is gonna be biblical
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Jul 18, 2015 09:11
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Free to be dumb/poor enough not to have medical insurance. Welcome.
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Jul 18, 2015 09:21
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Digiwizzard posted:i still dont know how the US health care system hasn't collapsed yet. even insured people regularly go bankrupt rather than pay impossible bills, so how can doctors generate the revenue to sustain all the parasitic insurance middle men??? Because some people will pay a lot of money to not die. Incidentally here's my health care anecdote: Ages ago when I was still young and hopeful for life and about to go to college, I had to get an up to date TB test for whatever reason. Except I couldn't get one without medical insurance because I was barely able to afford my planned school tuition but somehow still wasn't poor enough to qualify for any student aid programs. And that's the story of how my education got delayed for a year.
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Jul 18, 2015 09:27
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Jst0rm posted:Free to be dumb/poor enough not to have medical insurance. Welcome. This ain't my bill, I pay 11 euros a month for full coverage. A regular checkup visit to the doctor, including bloodwork, costs me 25 euros. If I had to go to the hospital for a few days (say for an animal bite like in this case) it would just be a couple hundred euros at most, if that. Just posting this because I'm back in the US and what the gently caress? [edit] lol it's cheaper for me to fly to Europe for a non-emergency than to get treatment in the US and probably more pleasant too Jesus Christ fucked around with this message at 09:33 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Jul 18, 2015 09:30
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quote:Your payment is due July 27, 2015 
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Jul 18, 2015 09:36
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u dont have to pay anyone if u beat them in a foot race i saw it once on 60 minutes
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Jul 18, 2015 09:38
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Looks like they accidentally sent you the contractor's invoice for building them the hospital.
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Jul 18, 2015 09:39
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turns out, the bible had a typo in it. it's actually supposed to say "land of the fee"
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Jul 18, 2015 09:40
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should have told them to cut off the arm so it'd take you twice as long to post op
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Jul 18, 2015 09:45
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i want to go to america one day i reall. want to see detroit
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Jul 18, 2015 09:46
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Besides the Sudan can you whining liberals name one country more free than the US?
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Jul 18, 2015 09:46
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what other industrial hellholes are there in american, tiadvance
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Jul 18, 2015 09:47
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Ive been lucky when it comes to healthcare. I've had two major surgeries. The first was when I was a lab tech at the hospital. I had been part time for a year or so, and had been promoted to full time. this gave me medical coverage which started 90 days after I became a full-timer. My appendix blew on day 87. The administrator backdated all the paperwork so it became day 90 instead of 87, the insurance kicked in and I was covered. Also, the hospital has a policy that when any care is given to an employee, the hospital waives the portion of the bill that is the patient's responsibility over what insurance pays, so I ended up paying nothing out of pocket. The second time I had a disc that was degenerating and causing lots and lots of pain. As it slowly collapsed, the pain got worse until it finally ruptured directly against the left side of my spinal cord on New Year's Eve. This necessitated a visit to urgent care and lots of treatment, including steroid injections into my spinal cord and disc. Eventually, it ruptured further, and surgery was required. From initial diagnosis to surgery and recovery (3 weeks off of work) was 10 months, with lots of appointments, 3 spinal injections and the surgery and recovery. It cost me a total of $5.00 This is because I have a good job, my wife has a good job and we are both doubly covered as a result. Now I have the bill in a file at school, so I can show my students why working hard in school and getting a good job might be a good idea.
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Jul 18, 2015 09:49
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+ tip
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Jul 18, 2015 09:52
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genesplicer posted:Ive been lucky when it comes to healthcare. I've had two major surgeries. The first was when I was a lab tech at the hospital. I had been part time for a year or so, and had been promoted to full time. this gave me medical coverage which started 90 days after I became a full-timer. My appendix blew on day 87. The administrator backdated all the paperwork so it became day 90 instead of 87, the insurance kicked in and I was covered. Also, the hospital has a policy that when any care is given to an employee, the hospital waives the portion of the bill that is the patient's responsibility over what insurance pays, so I ended up paying nothing out of pocket. not everybody can afford to be an old person where you got cool poo poo like "benefits" [edit] sorry that was mean you're pretty much the most badass person on the forum  [edit2] point still stands though Jesus Christ fucked around with this message at 10:46 on Jul 18, 2015 |
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Jul 18, 2015 10:18
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don't gently caress with snakes retard
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Jul 18, 2015 10:57
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rabble rabble posted:pay this
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Jul 18, 2015 11:04
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Pay that bill, deadbeat. Your doctor EARNED that yacht goddamnit
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Jul 18, 2015 11:08
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One time when I lived in England I had to pay about £7 to get a prescription filled. Now that I live in Wales prescriptions cost me £0. That's all I've ever paid for healthcare.
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Jul 18, 2015 11:53
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Well you can either live in america or live in Europe where the Greeks are destroying all the nice things. those are your choices, everywhere else sucks. and Canada deson't count because it's just an unofficial state and also doesn't have snakes.
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Jul 18, 2015 11:57
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That intermediate care room better be loving luxury as gently caress to cost 20k+ for a night. I can't even think of a single luxury hotel that cost 20k holy poo poo
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Jul 18, 2015 12:07
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was taking a selfie with a rattlesnake and has no health insurance. He can pay a minimum payment for the rest of his life or he can file for chapter 11/13 system is fine
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Jul 18, 2015 12:09
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Mnoba posted:was taking a selfie with a rattlesnake and has no health insurance. He can pay a minimum payment for the rest of his life or he can file for chapter 11/13 system is fine You can't cure stupid
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Jul 18, 2015 12:12
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*smug hospital worker strolls into thread and explains how that's not the "real bill" and OP will pay nowhere near that* *op only owes $43,000 instead* *puts over-reactive libtard in their place* 
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Jul 18, 2015 12:16
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thats pretty hosed up but att least you got a lot of military stuff tho, for when the chinese invades
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Jul 18, 2015 12:19
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The bill for each of my kids' births were around 35k each. I had insurance so we didn't pay a dime, but drat.
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