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      Yeah. The bill is real but st judes is a charity hospital. Joking the only way to pay his debt is rob a charity

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        I still don’t get it. Is 100k the bill or his account balance after the bill was payed? And if it is the bill why is it listed under “other adjustments”?

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          I think 100k is the amount he still owes. Looks like he had a follow up or something that added $250 and insurance covered $175. Context is he had a seizure in the shower and was in the hospital for a month. A lot of plans you have co insurance after hitting your deductible where you split any further costs with the insurance company say 80/20. So it’s possible he only ends up paying $20k of that, or his bill was much higher and $100k is what he owes after co insurance

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            Usually there’s still an out of pocket max, like $5000.

            But I guess that could depend on your insurance

            It’s such a scam and the people voting against universal care are the same ones who complain they don’t go to the doctor because it’s too expensive

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              Most of the people voting against universal healthcare are comfortably middle class and want to protect their ~premium coverage~ or they’re on Medicare. Few people struggling to afford healthcare even vote lol

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                  No, most of the poor in red states don’t vote. That’s universally true across the country - there’s a small minority that do, but they’re not the ones stopping universal healthcare. It’s business owners, landlords, wealthy blue collar workers, farmers, and retirees.

                  This myth that the poor vote for their own oppression is something made up to make you hate poor people.

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    St Jude’s is a charity hospital that does not charge patients or their families. They accept insurance payments only and the rest is covered as charity.

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    fuck america and its dogshit insurance scam industry 🖕 cannot wait for this shitstain country to collapse

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      A country collapsing wouldn’t exactly make things easier for its people. I’d prefer just fixing the problem, y’know.

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        America has proven time and time again that it can’t be “fixed”, it’s rotten from the ground up. The longer it stays around the more people it harms. My entire life has been nothing but financial crisis after financial crisis, war after war, a rapidly deteriorating climate, all in the name of profits, and nobody in power seems to want to do jack shit about it. The only way to fix it is to dismantle the structures of power and replace it with a structure where capital doesn’t pull the strings.

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    American health care is fucked. That said:

    I watched a promo for St Jude a few years back. They cover all expenses for families so they can focus on their kids. You should donate. They’re awesome.

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      I feel like it’s a no win situation.

      Here in Canada, my coworker has needed back surgery since last year in September. He just got into a specialist for a consultation last week to get surgery scheduled. He’s been living for almost an entire year on light duty at work with back pain.

      I feel over the past 10 years our Government has mismanaged their financials and our healthcare and education systems have taken the beating for it. Public services are only as good as the people who are trusted to safeguard them.

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        Sounds like your coworker is getting healthcare.

        In America he’d just suffer for the rest of his life and then off himself when he was too old to handle the pain and still work.