"I Was Billed Over $2m For A Week In The Hospital": 51 Horrifying Photos That Encapsulate American Healthcare
2.You should not have to advertise for a kidney.
3.Make this make sense.
4.Remind me again how America is the greatest country in the world?
5.Lab work should 100% be a part of routine or preventative care.
6.You should also be able to talk about your child's medical issues at their physical???
7.It's absolutely ridiculous to require a subscription on TOP of health insurance you already pay for.
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8.Denying people a heart transplant because they can't pay for the meds shouldn't be a thing, because the meds should be covered in the first place.
9.This is so, so bleak.
10.As is this.
11.JFC.
12.Mental healthcare is so expensive and stressful that it's actually making people's mental health WORSE.
13.It's a horrific cycle...
14....That just goes on and on.
15.Allow me to remind you that the inventors of insulin sold the patents for $1 so that everyone who needed it could afford it.
16."But private healthcare means you can choose your doctors!"
17.This policy doesn't even make sense unless you view it through a lens of greed.
18.Healthcare should NOT be a business.
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19.It can't possibly cost this much for the hospital to treat a rattlesnake bite.
20.What's the point of an annual physical if not to check in on any issues?
21.No medical care should cost $620k.
22.This person didn't even receive any medical care and got charged almost $1.5k.
23.Can someone explain why it costs $316 just to get evaluated over the phone?
24.Tell me how this is "cosmetic" when the person is in pain.
25.ELEVEN HOURS???
26.What are we even paying for?
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27.And I'm 99% positive "Nancy" is an incompetent AI bot.
28.I will never understand why ambulance rides are so expensive. This was for a few MINUTES-long ride.
29.People are literally having to refuse ambulances — that they NEED — because they're so expensive.
30.This is ridiculous.
31.This should not be legal.
32.Same with this.
33.Insurance companies are dickheads.
34.Seriously. They want to make it impossible to get a cent from them.
35.I'm asking the same question.
36.This is one of the many reasons why we should have universal healthcare that isn't tied to your job.
37.People are really out here looking for coupons for medical care, that's how bad it is.
38.This is the bad place.
39.This is such BS.
If you can't read the above, it says:
American Insurance
(55M) Had a heart attack, died, revived and my cardiologist wouldn't let me leave the hospital without a LifeVest (portable defibulator). It automatically triggers in case of another cardiac incident.
I spent two extra days in the hospital because insurance didn't want to approve the LifeVest. That cost the insurance another $20,000ish. They finally relented and let me have a LifeVest. Now, they say they don't have to pay for the LifeVest.
Everyone, the American insurance system (read scam) in a single sentence!!!
"Your plan doesn't provide coverage for services that are considered investigational or not medically necessary. The fact that a provider may prescribe, order, recommend or approve a service, treatment, medication, or supply does not make it Medically Necessary or a Covered Service, and does not guarantee payment. These terms are defined in the 'Definition' section of your health plan document."
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40.As is this.
If you can't read the above, it says:
Diagnosis: I26.99 Oth Pulmonary Embolism W/O Acute Cor PulmonaleDate(s) determined not to be medically necessary: 11/29/2024 - 11/30/2024
The clinical reason for our determination is:You were admitted to the hospital on 11/29/2024. The reason is blood clot to lung. We read the medical records given to us. We read the guidelines for a hospital stay. This stay does not meet the guidelines. You did not have to be admitted as an inpatient in the hospital for this care. The reason is you were watched closely in the hospital. You were stable. You had tests that did not show any problems that needed inpatient only treatment. The records showed your blood pressure was not too low. You did not need a breathing machine. You could have gotten the care you needed without being admitted inpatient at the hospital. The hospital inpatient admission is not covered. We let the hospital know that it is not covered.
41.If insurance isn't going to approve life-saving medicine, what's even the point of having insurance?
42.How was this $528??? (After insurance, too!)
43.Tylenol should not cost $15/capsule.
44.No one should have to go without life-saving care because they don't want to have to live for a medical bill.
45.This is just completely unhinged.
46.Meds should not be this expensive.
47.Yes, good insurance can be great, but tell me why it's almost $40k to begin with???
48.US healthcare is a scam.
49.This is so predatory.
50.How are you supposed to afford these rates at $9/hour? Never mind the deductibles and copays?
51.And finally, this is just genuinely bonkers. The entire system needs to change.
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