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jeninla:

Today, I got a statement for my emergency appendectomy and two-day hospital stay. I now know firsthand that this post is not bullshit.

I have never, ever been more thankful for health insurance. But, honestly, I’m beyond heartbroken thinking about those who are not as fortunate.

Reblogging so non-Americans can see exactly why health care reform was necessary this year. (Americans who are already unconvinced won’t be swayed; it’s hard to be shocked by something your society considers normal.)

Born into this
Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die

[Bukowski]

I don’t have health insurance, and I still do have an appendix. I think about this a lot.

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   I have been in hospital so often that the admission nurses knew all my details by heart (thank you rugby!), I’ve also...

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   Insurance or no insurance, these prices...OUT OF CONTROL. Look at the CT Scan line....

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    Can someone in the field please explain the $12,299.25 charge for a Cat Scan? And $3200 for the recovery room? Thanks,...

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    America, fuck yeaaaa…. :(

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    If I ever get seriously ill/injured, you guys can consider me dead because I can’t afford to go to any hospitals.

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    Born into this Into hospitals which are so expensive that it’s cheaper to die [Bukowski] I don’t have health insurance,...

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34. rabsnyc said: My little ambulance trip to the Russian River hospital to get my stitches removed??? $5K. This is no joke. We are lucky girls for being insured.
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    To all you asinine people fighting to “repeal” health-care reform… here’s your invoice for a two day stay. Pay up.

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    Yes. So we have a de facto system of perverse SOCIALISM (booga booga) that has built-in filters to keep the uninsured at...

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    I can’t even imagine having to pay for doctors visits or hospital visits of A&E visits… Seems so absurd

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    Well, truth be told, if they don’t have it, they simply don’t pay. Then we do, yes?

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