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Originally Posted by tw2113
I'm forever wondering how it's possible that these prices are/were reached in the first place and if they were actually closer to legit costs and not inflated so much, how the current setup could actually be effective.
I won't deny I could be quite naive on the topic overall though.
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Went to the ER with kidney stones in the fall.
Here’s what they did:
1. Nothing because I drove myself
2. Put me in a bed
3. Gave me some drugs (morphine and the like. Extremely cheap, honestly)
4. Did a cat scan, told me I had kidney stones
5. Sent me on my way with prescriptions for drugs I had to buy.
The cost for the visit was over
$5,000.
Yes, catscans are expensive, but come on now. Come the fuck on.
My corporate insurance — that I pay a couple hundred for from each paycheck — covered most of it, but I’m still on the hook for about $1,500.
Would have maybe been $100 total anywhere else, if not free.
Also, consider the cost of medicines. Prices set by manufacturers milking demand. That’s how you get $1,000 epipens.
Nothing about the system is fair or just or cheap. We’re getting buggered.
Imagine if I didn’t have that shitty insurance? Or if I was unemployed? I’d be in debt for years, most likely. For what? A morphine shot and being told I have kidney stones.
Fuck it man