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Well, popcorn in a movie theater also costs 10x more than it should, because they have you as a captive audience. And it doesn't help that the price is basically opaque and paid for by insurance, for a person who doesn't care about the price at that moment. It's a ridiculous system.
Well, popcorn in a movie theater also costs 10x more than it should, because they have you as a captive audience. And it doesn't help that the price is basically opaque and paid for by insurance, for a person who doesn't care about the price at that moment. It's a ridiculous system.
>My wife has Stage IV breast cancer. She has been a public school teacher for 20 years and we have pretty good health insurance. She continues to work. She will teach as long as she can because she wants to...and financially she will need to.
>Even with good health coverage, we have STILL spent thousands of dollars the past couple years out of pocket. If/when she takes medical retirement, it will get much worse. It will cost her 75% of her retirement income just to purchase health insurance. The rest will go to copays, gas for hospital trips, etc. Oh by the way, we still pay thousands in federal taxes each year, while corporations and the rich avoid most taxes and pay very little. It's fucking criminal. Fuck everyone who developed this system and fights to maintain it.
From this thread on medical bankruptcy being a uniquely American phenomena: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/d10ab6/medical_ba...
i wonder if a hospital would still charge you if you refused thier price gouge materials and used your own purchased at a proper price, as in "thanks for setting the bone, i dont need your sling i have my own and it will do fine, here is my lawyers contact card."
Anyways. In the itemized bill they charge about $40 per ibuprofen. If we knew the price, we should have brought our own and just rejected theirs.
Someone might come along and reply with that $40 covers nurse salary, tracking the medicine etc. Yeah... Bull$hit.
I just got an itemized bill today for a minor fall I took a couple months back.. On top of the nearly $6k in other charges from the hospital, they charged $531 for one dab of superglue or "liquid stitches" on my forehead for something that would have healed by itself. One of my friends died two years ago from pneumonia. He didn't go to the hospital when symptoms first started because he was afraid of the bills that w…
I just got an itemized bill today for a minor fall I took a couple months back.. On top of the nearly $6k in other charges from the hospital, they charged $531 for one dab of superglue or "liquid stitches" on my forehead for something that would have healed by itself. One of my friends died two years ago from pneumonia. He didn't go to the hospital when symptoms first started because he was afraid of the bills that w…
Pretty sure if you go through the effort to challenge such charges you can get them changed. https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18261698/how-to-fight-expensiv...
I just got an itemized bill today for a minor fall I took a couple months back.. On top of the nearly $6k in other charges from the hospital, they charged $531 for one dab of superglue or "liquid stitches" on my forehead for something that would have healed by itself. One of my friends died two years ago from pneumonia. He didn't go to the hospital when symptoms first started because he was afraid of the bills that w…
Pretty sure if you go through the effort to challenge such charges you can get them changed. https://www.vox.com/2019/3/22/18261698/how-to-fight-expensiv...
i wonder if a hospital would still charge you if you refused thier price gouge materials and used your own purchased at a proper price, as in "thanks for setting the bone, i dont need your sling i have my own and it will do fine, here is my lawyers contact card."
“OK, the cost of setting that bone just went up $900.” That’s probably what they would do. We know that they don’t base prices in any kind of rationally economic way.
i wonder if a hospital would still charge you if you refused thier price gouge materials and used your own purchased at a proper price, as in "thanks for setting the bone, i dont need your sling i have my own and it will do fine, here is my lawyers contact card."
IIRC prior to being treated you agree to be financially liable for the costs. Prior to even knowing that that will be or even the costs involved. Or even if you know what is involved are you going to understand what a reasonable cost is? EG: Sling is easy but what about a x-ray study? Is that 200$ or $150? Just like a proper capitalist system! You know, like when you agreed to pay whatever for your iPhone prior to ev…
Well, popcorn in a movie theater also costs 10x more than it should, because they have you as a captive audience. And it doesn't help that the price is basically opaque and paid for by insurance, for a person who doesn't care about the price at that moment. It's a ridiculous system.
Movie theater does not give you the popcorn and tell you the price a week after. Also, you can say no to the popcorn in a movie theater; you cannot control the fine details of your treatment.
And you're a captive audience; they don't allow you to bring in your own supply.