I'm so happy that you have good insurance! Too bad they removed the critical thinking part of you brain during your surgeries. Sincerely, a girl that pays 300 bucks a month in medication and physical therapy for chronic conditions.

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😂😂 critical thinking. Got nothing better than insults, how very 7th grade of you. $300 a month isn’t even bad for meds and therapy

Because it has never happened to you personally, are you suggesting it's not a real problem, or is there another point you're trying to make?

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Yes. There are sooo many lower cost options out there. Every hospital has signs stating if you can’t afford your healthcare they will help. And I don’t want the government making my healthcare decisions. Just look at how they screwed up SS

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Why the heck were you down voted?! Have one to balance

...as opposed to the control companies have (insurance, medical, pharma) whose sole aim is to get rich, instead of - as the idea was with insurances/med/pharma - help people? As opposed to the control millions of people further down the pecking order - homeless, for example, or in chronical pain - have without sufficient funds to support themselves? "Freedom" that you have to buy is freedom for the rich only, and slavery for the rest.

Again , none of the insurances Ive had, has ever denied a procedure, test or medication.

Either Krista doesn't realize that paying insurance premiums is "paying for it," or she's well below the poverty line and has been handled as a ward of the state. 30 years ago, I went to the ER and was billed $240 for a band-aid and some Neosporin; 14 years ago, I was billed about $5,000 for a colonoscopy even though I was insured

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I pay 46$ a month for full 100% coverage. Insurance premium isn’t the same as paying medical bills.

I stand corrected and chastised, and relieved to know that there is no healthcare crisis in the USA. Obviously, there is a crybaby problem instead

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This is a lie Alice M, you don’t pay a % of all your bills. If you have insurance, you have to pay out of pocket until your deductible is met. If she had “the best” she’d pay 500-2k deductible, then the rest is covered by insurance. Plus a blown ACL isn’t considered an elective. You can get in right away instead of waiting many months with your pain prescription for an opening. US system is far from perfect, but universal healthcare has plenty of drawbacks as well.

I’ve had 2 kids. Had several feet of intestine removed. Broken ankle, broken finger with 5 stitches, broken fibula, tibial plateau fracture that they put a plate and 11 screws in, 22 staples. Blown out knee, lymes disease, countless number of stitches. And of course can’t forget about my non Hodgkin’s lymphoma and subsequent tumor removal. Definitely not lucky. I’ve lived all over the country, California, North Dakota, Ohio, Maryland, Georgia, PA and upstate New York. I’ve never had to wait for any form of medical care. Sorry your state is so bad.

B-but you heard a single anecdote about a random guy that didn't have to pay for a surgery, that surely cancels out the 1.3 million diabetic americans that regularly ration their insulin.

Have they looked into help from the hospital?

Exactly- there are many programs out there to help with what insurance doesn’t cover, or for those uninsured.

You’re getting downvoted because you keep posting your personal experience as if it’s the norm on a thread littered with your own countrymen telling you their awful experiences. You don’t offer shocked sympathy; instead you call it bizarre. Your attitude comes across as “well I…” so everyone else must be wrong. You appear as entirely lacking empathy and people do tend to dislike that. Try reframing your comments as, “that’s insane! So grateful my insurance treats me so well.” Just a suggestion.

I can understand that. What I see is a bunch of people h8ing on my country and that ruffles my feathers. Especially people who really have no real idea except what the news spoon feed them

You must have a kick a*s insurance plan then! You don't even have a minimum copay of 20-30 dollars? UPS has a kick a*s med plan like that, but since I am single, I just take the bare minimum since it is free.