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@AustinBigWig @skumWgmi Yes, but not the cost, the way it’s allowed to be billed should be addressed. This billing nightmare is designed this way and it’s making hospital administrators, insurance execs and politicians fabulously rich at the expense of patients and taxpayers. Only they can change it

@skumWgmi Once again people look at insurance rather than the actual problem. Why is the bill that high to begin with? The insurance still paid $25,600, which is a lot compared to the premiums he is paying. The cost of service is the real issue that needs to be addressed.

A friend of mine just got a $34,000 hospital bill. For a 2 night stay. He has insurance. After insurance paid their part, his portion: $8,400. He makes $55,000 a year. That's 15% of his annual income for 48 hours in a hospital bed. He didn't have a choice. He called 911. Getting sick in America isn't a health crisis anymore. It's a financial one.

@AustinBigWig @skumWgmi Hospital invoices “full bill price”. Less than 1% pay this amount. Insurance “claims reprices” to the negotiated rate and sends the bill to you if you haven’t met your deductible. Hospital reports Uncollected amounts as “uncompensated care”, our taxes pay them 25%; +$50bil/yr

@sickoflibbullsh @Sundance88088 @euromaximal AI is better at everything

@Sundance88088 @euromaximal The patio stone is GORGEOUS.

One of the reasons why living in Europe is so much better than North America is that cities are built for people, not cars. European cities, besides being beautiful, provide all amenities at walking distance. Groceries, shops, cafes, restaurants, entertainment. All nearby. They are also a lot better to build families and communities. Children can walk to school, live near their friends, and enjoy a variety of activities close by. Adults can also form long-term bonds with neighbours, shopkeepers and visit relatives frequently (and also easily dump their kids with their grandparents for some needed rest). Our cities are built to be seen and enjoyed, while america-style suburbs feel soulless and dystopian. We should keep it that way.

@TheSlySamurai @Sundance88088 @euromaximal Me too, I hate when I chose a woman with bad handles 😉

@Forgetful480061 @Sundance88088 @euromaximal Haha yep, I didn’t look closely enough. Oddly I’m the same way with women…

@TheSlySamurai @Sundance88088 @euromaximal The AI needs to do better on the door handles and umbrella.

@Sundance88088 @euromaximal I saw that outdoor kitchen and fell in love

@0xRarest But if you rent, you’ll spend 1.4mil in 30 years and have an asset worth…zero. You’ll spend more owning a home and it’ll be more trouble, but you’ll actually get something more than just a living space for all that time and money, and it will be all yours, not your landlords

$625k house 20% down $500k mortgage at 7% for 30 years you pay $697k+ in interest. total cost: $1.447 million. that’s like paying $4,021 a month in rent… except you also pay for the roof, the AC, the broken water heater, and the bank still owns it until you’re dead. most people think mortgages help you “own” a home. banks know they help you rent money forever.

@LexLiberty76 @thehealthb0t They won’t have to. The process is already in place. They’ll report all unpaid bills as “uncompensated care” and your taxes will pay them 25% of every charge, just like happens today. Taxes pay +50bil/yr already, when nobody pays, full socialism and increased taxes

@thehealthb0t Everyone is going to opt out soon. Hospitals will be asking for bailouts like Spirit Airlines

American shows what his Family Health Insurance (Bronze Saver Plus) Plan will cost in 2026: - $2,094.15 per month - $27,229 per year - $13,000 deductible - $20,300 maximum out of pocket No one can afford this. The Affordable Care Act has destroyed healthcare. “This cannot be real! How the heck are families supposed to get medical care?! I'm at a loss.... This is freaking insane.”

@HeatherMur7314 @PaleoGOP Insurance charges a monthly fee for you to pay monthly. Could be $20 or more of that $300 in just the fee. Pay for 6 months or even pay for a year and you’ll save several hundred a year.

@PaleoGOP Crazy right? I’m paying $300 per month at 48 with a totally clean driving record of 20 years. How does this make sense?

I’m paying over $1000 for 6 months of car insurance for 3 vehicles, one of which is an old Chevy S-10 that receives a low-mileage discount since it’s only used a couple times a month. No teens in the house. Clean driving history for both adults. We’re subsidizing illegal, uninsured drivers.

@RepCDMenefee Roads mostly suck Schools mostly suck Hospitals mostly suck It only makes sense the food government supplies also sucks. New plan; EBT only allowed at fast food restaurants. All recipients must work one 8-hour shift a week to participate.

Same reason we pay for roads that only some of us drive on, schools only some of us attend, and hospitals only some of us are treated at. Because our society is better when no one is left to starve to death.

@oceanlifeline @sayonarashorts @jeremyct The average family of 4 pays over 27k for health insurance premiums. Cancel that, pay for the 6k tooth, put the other 21k in the bank.

@sayonarashorts @jeremyct That’s not true, I don’t have dental insurance and an implant plus crown is 6k for one tooth. It’s the system because this is only America price gouging dental care.

my son had a cavity recently. took him to the dentist and they ended up pulling the tooth. the visit cost $2400. insurance only covered $250, so we’re left paying $2,150. i’m already paying $612/month for family health and dental insurance. yeah… something about this system doesn’t add up.

@az118r That’s got to be the fanciest shithole on the block

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@Rockinmebabe @TONYxTWO Go to the Surgery Center of Oklahoma. You can see their price online. Why a hospital charges 30k for, they’ll charge less than 10k. Cash or insurance, same price. Health Insurance is a scam.

@TONYxTWO Until you treat cartilage in your knee and the surgeon wants 30k to fix it 😬

Americans are dropping their heath insurance and learning that paying cash is way cheaper than paying for insurance Cost for mammogram: $1500 With insurance: ~$800 Without insurance: $95 Paying cash without insurance: $75 This is insane. Health insurance is such a scam!!

@tashispublicist @jimmysoldout Add all your rent payments after paying rent 20 years and you have an asset worth…nothing. Add all the costs of buying and maintaining a home for 20 years and you’ll have an asset worth everything you spent. cheaper and easier to rent, but your getting nothing for your money

@jimmysoldout a house is also sooooo much work. my dad is constantly doing soooomething! it’s either the fence or the backyard or the furnace or all the washing machines my god exhausted just thinking about it! i love my apartment 🤣

no shade but why would i literally ever buy a home… you still have to pay a mortgage monthly that would be the same cost as just paying rent atp. and at least with renting, the expenses for anything that goes wrong falls into the landlord instead of on you

@jimmysoldout Bought in 2001 for 120k, now worth 350k. When I include the cost of a roof, complete remodel, maintenance, taxes, insurance, premium and all interest on the paid loan, the total I have in it is about 350k.Renting is cheaper, but owning yields an asset worth all you spent to live

@redpillb0t If you pay $100k for a $28k education, you didn’t get an education

An American takes out a $28,000 student loan. After 16 years and $38,000 paid, her balance is $58,000. $68,000 is PURE interest. She'll pay nearly $100,000 for a $28,000 education. This isn't "education financing" — it's usury.

@RusGarbageHuman Grok; did he survive?

The r*pes and stabbings would end. Immediately.

@1776Cherryred @thehealthb0t I would walk backwards down those isles. I might have gotten some strange looks by those I would pass by but how would I know, I was facing the other way.

@thehealthb0t Who didn’t love the grocery store’s direction arrows😂 Publix would actually threaten you if you dared to break their rule. Same as standing on your little circle for checkout. F’ing Nazi days.

Covid restrictions were intentionally designed to be as ridiculous as possible. It was a test to determine whether fear could be used to manipulate people into complying with overtly nonsensical rules, against their own interests. Most people failed the test.

@LucyvanPelt99 @thehealthb0t @LizLatcherie I left my +100k job to avoid the shot (and to also avoid being responsible for others being required to take it; I was a compliance coach). AT&T was my employer. Best decision I’ve ever made.

@thehealthb0t @LizLatcherie Some did not fold to fear but took the jab to keep their jobs and or serve others. Missionaries took the jab to enter other countries. Nursing home workers took it to serve the elderly, etc. Please don’t act like everyone who got the jab is a failure or inferior to you.

@RobVolatile @BitcoinSapiens Unless they remodeled to the tune of +500k. I would guess if they add all the remodeling, maintenance, taxes, insurance, interest and premiums, they’re probably just recovering the 1.3mil they’ve spent on the place in the last 30 years. Good for them, I love success stories.

@BitcoinSapiens 1993 huh? There is no way in hell a $67k house in 1993 is worth anywhere near $1.2M. Just no way in hell.

a friend’s boomer parents bought their home for $67,000 in 1993. Today, it’s worth ~$1,200,000 and he’s their only son so he thought he’d be a millionaire when they die but they just sold the house last week to enjoy their retirement 💀

@SydneyLWatson Do not pay the bill unless they lower it to a reasonable amount, and in my book that would be about 2k. Make them that offer, if they don’t accept, have it sent to collections and offer them the 2k; they’ll accept. Pay within one year of going to collections and no credit hit.

Seen a lot of conversation about how predatory the American medical system is. So I will weigh in. I ended up going to the ER about 2 weeks ago for crippling pain. Turned out to be a ruptured ovarian cyst. I was there for MAYBE 4 hours. My bill? $13,500 dollars. Because I'm uninsured (by choice, that shit is a SCAM), the hospital dropped my bill down to $8,100 and some change as an "uninsured" discount. For starters, $13,500 for a 4 hour hospital visit is insane as it is. But the fact the hospital can wipe $5,000 off the bill "just because" should show you how utterly fucked this system is. And to be clear - $8,000 is still an absolutely insane sum of money when all these people did was scan my stomach and give me some pain killers. On my itemized bill, my CT scan was 7k. The iodine they used was $900. Just being in the ER room alone was $2,500. We phoned the hospital to haggle. They dropped the price by $20. Normal people can't survive this shit. I do okay and $8,000 is still an INSANE chunk of money out of my savings. Anyone who argues this isn't a disgusting, predatory system is crazy. And it is even crazier that Americans accept this. And for those of you who argue this is the free market, I need you to be quiet. There can never be a true free market here when government and insurance have their creepy little fingers in this pie. People shouldn't go bankrupt trying to pay medical bills. This has to change.