• SeaJ@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    Well part of it 8s not going to hurt your credit score anymore:

    https://www.cnbc.com/select/medical-debt-credit-report/

    Any bills under $500 in collections won’t be going against your score. Debts larger than that in collections have to be there for at least a year to be on your credit score and disappear once they are paid.

    We could fix all this shit by having the cheaper Medicare for All solution.

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      7 months ago

      Aetna pulled out of my county for five months. I ended up in a ICU for three days, which is about a $50,000 bill.

      So now I’m on the hook for an $8,000 out of network deductible.

      Fuck U.S. health insurance.

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        7 months ago

        My wife had to go to the ER a few years ago. The hospital we thought we were going to was in network. Unfortunately the ER is a separate entity that was not in network. That was a nice $1000 bill.

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      7 months ago

      $500 is nothing. My son fell and hit his head and had a small seizure from the fall… took him to the ER, ct scan, medical exam, anti nausea medication, costed $750 out if pocket AFTER insurance. It was like a $3k medical bill before insurance. For like 2 hours at the ER and a scan… it’s ridiculous.