yea, this is basically "here pay $100+/month so that once you've burned half your total yearly income we'll go ahead and cover 100% of your remaining medical costs", which I cannot afford at all. I also can barely afford to pay nearly $300 a month, so I'm pretty much ****ed either way.
The_Nameless_Bard wrote:
yea, this is basically "here pay $100+/month so that once you've burned half your total yearly income we'll go ahead and cover 100% of your remaining medical costs", which I cannot afford at all. I also can barely afford to pay nearly $300 a month, so I'm pretty much ****ed either way.
The_Nameless_Bard wrote:
yea, this is basically "here pay $100+/month so that once you've burned half your total yearly income we'll go ahead and cover 100% of your remaining medical costs", which I cannot afford at all. I also can barely afford to pay nearly $300 a month, so I'm pretty much ****ed either way.
wait, so if you went with that option, you'd have to pay 30% of your emergency room bills yourself?
Yes, I would. Which, in case you were wondering, the last time I went to the emergency room (which was two years ago) it cost over $1000, which my parents ended up paying for.
There's also multiple options that where I'd have to pay for 40% of all of my healthcare even after meeting a deductible of over $5000 all while paying about $200/month.
There's also multiple options that where I'd have to pay for 40% of all of my healthcare even after meeting a deductible of over $5000 all while paying about $200/month.
GrandmasterD wrote:
Not to mention that the government actually helps out with a substantial amount a month (I'd have to check for exact numbers and I really do not feel like it).
72€ for me ;-)
The_Nameless_Bard wrote:
I was offered 26 options and most of then have a deductible of $5000 or more, sucks to be me.
Its so weird though because with such prices/fees it seems completely ineffective to have public health care. I mean I could understand that health care fees in the US are higher in general (i.e. because of higher obesity rates, but perhaps also higher rates of violence) but that seems completely out of proportion.
Yea, it works fine for people like my mom, but her medical bills are honestly ridiculous. Her leukemia meds cost 12k a month, so meeting that kind of deductible happens instantly.
A lot of what I'm paying for with things like this is people who don't have insurance who show up at the emergency room (which will give care to people, even if they are uninsured ofc) and then can't pay for it.
A lot of what I'm paying for with things like this is people who don't have insurance who show up at the emergency room (which will give care to people, even if they are uninsured ofc) and then can't pay for it.
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Not to mention that the government actually helps out with a substantial amount a month (I'd have to check for exact numbers and I really do not feel like it).
P.S. Again with the currency symbol...