Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months ago‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisiswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square132fedilinkarrow-up1643arrow-down15cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1638arrow-down1external-link‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisiswww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square132fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareFReddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 months agoAetna 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.
minus-squareSeaJ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 months agoMy 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.
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.
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.