Thinking about how I was in the hospital for 4 days when I broke my leg in 4 places and just the overnight stays alone cost nearly a quarter of a million dollars. The actual surgery and meds were maybe 15,000. the stay though? 250,000. like wtf
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My insurance covered my rehab post spinal surgery but when they said that place was too expensive and I had to go to a nursing facility for more rehab, that rehab was cut off after 1 month because it was 11K/month just to be there.
I only got 2-3 rehabs a week, crappy food etc. Insanely expensive.
GENUINELY WHEN I GOT THE BILL I JUST STARTED LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY. 3 NIGHTS IN THE HOSPITAL. ONE OF WHICH THEY WERE UP TO 4 HOURS LATE GIVING ME MEDICATION AND WERE GIVING ME PAIN MEDS I TOLD THEM HAD NO EFFECT. $250,000. IN WHAT WORLD
…in the UK we got problems (my wife got released with no pain meds less than 36 hours after giving birth by c-section) but at least we didn’t get charged for it…the US healthcare system sounds like a fucking nightmare.
if I hadn’t had insurance I would’ve been destroyed financially. even with insurance everything was about $7000. and this was insurance Working. the same insurance denied me a surgery for 2 years and 6 times for a chronic condition that thanks to its early state couldve been functionally cured
they denied my lymphadema care 6 times. the first because it was “experimental” (it wasnt, it was just on the newer side) 3 times because i “hadn’t gone through other treatments” (i had, they paid for the treatments even) and the rest because it was marked inpatient rather than outpatient
the doctor even told me if they could get me in asap he could functionally cure the area. when he finally got to see me he said he could only MAYBE help one area, not both. i got lucky and it worked better than anticipated, but i still have a chronic conditon because insurance didnt do their job
this in particular is super brutal. obviously nobody wants woo woo medicine to slide in, but the heavy emphasis on "evidence based care" (in BIG QUOTES) basically means that so, so many newer treatments lag behind on getting covered in the US.
it's not for patient care it's to create more excuses
I broke my leg and required surgery a few years ago we had state ins. We were able to go out of state luckily, at my second to last dr checkup they said they’d no longer accept our ins due to issues with our state. Fast fwd: IL has now cut my wife & I off completely due to our income.
We both make just slightly above state min wage, DHS told her she was required to find work when she’d been a stay at home mom or we’d be cut off, she works part time currently.
So long story short, knowing what my bills then looked like, it’s beyond terrifying to consider anything happening again
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I only got 2-3 rehabs a week, crappy food etc. Insanely expensive.
it's not for patient care it's to create more excuses
I broke my leg too.
So long story short, knowing what my bills then looked like, it’s beyond terrifying to consider anything happening again