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Sep 19, 2024
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Shore10
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US Healthcare system is enough to make people want socialized medicine.
I think people know it wouldn't get better, but I'm about ready to watch the current system burn.
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Just got back from getting kid stitches in ER. Any guesses on how
cougarfann888
1:08am
4 cost me 3K, Problem is we took our kid for 2 times for stitches before getting that first bill.
KYU
1:16am
Oof I was hoping for under 1k. I was thinking 1500 would be high end
cougarfann888
1:16am
Yeah I don't think you can sniff the inside of the ER for less than $1k
goidcougs
1:35am
I’m pretty sure most ERs have a $1k ER fee just for using it.
Pepe
6:45am
RE: Oof I was hoping for under 1k. I was thinking 1500 would be high end
imdocrob
12:26pm
RE: 4 cost me 3K, Problem is we took our kid for 2 times for stitches before getting that first bill.
KYU
1:17am
Why so much?
bday
1:25am
Because you have a lower deductible with your insurance.
TANK
1:37am
because there were 10 people in the waiting room and I was the only responsible person in the group. So I had to pay
KYU
2:13am
RE: because there were 10 people in the waiting room and I was the only
dtrom34
11:53am
Or did I misconstrue your message, and you literally paid for 10 people?
dtrom34
11:56am
Do you not know what a responsible party is in the context of healthcare?
KYU
2:39pm
RE: Do you not know what a responsible party is in the context of healthcare?
imdocrob
3:25pm
RE: because there were 10 people in the waiting room and I was the only
imdocrob
12:27pm
Honestly depends if you have insurance. If you have no insurance plan to pay under $1k. If you have insurance they
TANK
1:35am
My Daughter got 3 stitches at an instacare 2 months ago. $175 total.
robear16
5:33am
My Obamacare deductible is $6500, so do I lie and tell them I don’t have
Iman23
6:26am
You don't have to lie. You don't have to say you don't have insurance. You can just say you'll be paying out of pocket,
supertux
6:35am
This. We do this from time to time, esp if it's for something not covered by our insurance. We've never been questioned
unctoothman
6:52am
The offices giving a clear cost is the problem. They can't. They won't. Or
Iman23
9:21am
RE: The offices giving a clear cost is the problem. They can't. They won't. Or
unctoothman
11:28am
Depends on whether you will eventually pay the full deductible. My wife and son
NYC and Japan
7:21am
One of my kids had surgery recently. The hospital required me to call in advance to get a financial estimate.
Black Diamond Bay
2:48am
So you still haven't seen the final number?
RexIdaCoug
6:35am
How would he know it’s the final number? Another bill may just show up. You
DiamondMo
9:22am
*she
RexIdaCoug
11:02am
RE: *she
DiamondMo
3:53pm
No, this is Hawaii, I may not see a bill for months.
Black Diamond Bay
11:06am
And to complicate things they aren't the only provider for your 1 procedure
j20
7:28am
You didn't have this option at 3am, but when I needed stitches a few years ago
willkie40
3:15am
Urgent Care clinics are the best option. Cheaper and faster. Had my hand stitche
cougfrvr
5:06am
This is why I just used butterfly bandage under my eye last week when dude split it open with his elbow at bball. I knew
supertux
3:52am
US Healthcare system is enough to make people want socialized medicine.
Shore10
4:54am
I am already there. What we have now is absolutely awful.
Iman23
5:03am
When Hillary was working on healthcare
dratax
5:34am
The lack of transparency to the consumer is criminal.
Iman23
6:23am
RE: US Healthcare system is enough to make people want socialized medicine.
Recipefordisaster
6:06am
Just remember our elected officials could fix it. They choose not to.
Recipefordisaster
6:07am
Only 31 out of 32 developed countries have universal care. We should wait 😉
Dataguy
6:28am
It’s intentionally been slowly set up for this
maxpowers
7:14am
100%.. and if we went true two-tier the vast majority here would get better
cougfanz
7:36am
this is de facto socialized medicine. It certainly is NOT a clear free market.
niqmadu
9:00am
We should look closer at the German open-market system, which sounds superior
Mitty
4:55pm
How many times did they ask how it happened? At least 6?
BlueFreak
5:30am
Definitely at least 6
cougarfann888
8:05am
My gues. 750 for ER. 750 for doc
niqmadu
5:34am
Despite what the bill says, ER doc gets around $100. Rest goes to the hospital.
VACougMD
6:27am
I always got two bills. One fore the hospital and one fore the physiscian group
niqmadu
6:49am
Just trying to provide perspective as an ER doc. Usually 95-98% of an ER bill
VACougMD
7:17am
I absolutely believe it.
niqmadu
8:58am
the doc get paid for the shift too though
JOPE
8:35am
For future reference,
MaxWasRight
6:15am
Did they treat you like a child abuser? Did they have three different
Mister P
6:52am
Not when our kid was at the ER getting a forehead stitched up from a baseball bad and being evaluated for concussion
unctoothman
6:56am
Just paid $1800 for that situation.
dtownCoug
6:59am
Lack of price transparency and insurance are the most anti-capitalist force in
CornfedCougar
7:09am
Anti-free market, maybe. Capitalist means something else.
OrsoNero
7:24am
Fair point. Undermining the free market is a better way to word it. The message,
CornfedCougar
7:44am
Exactly, why can't it work more like car insurance? We all just shop around and
Mitty
8:23am
Are ‘kid stitches’ less expensive than ‘adult stitches’?
m0resn0w
7:27am
18 months from now, let us know how much it cost you.
orangepitbull
8:10am
One of my business ideas- hire an NP to cover mobile stitching throughout
cougfanz
8:14am
Did your child get sedation?
hunkahunka
9:43am
No sedation, just me pinning him down while he screamed the whole time.
cougarfann888
10:03am
depends on your insurance. Wouldn't cost me dime right now bc we have reached our out of pocket
BYU Grounds
9:53am
$2900
Magneto
10:57am
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