• ezmack@lemmy.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    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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      1 year ago

      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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        1 year ago

        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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          1 year ago

          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

          • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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            1 year ago

            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.