Couldn't agree more

Especially when you consider what Jesus said about rich people.

Agree if it's a private parking firm scalping people for huge amounts of cash. Don't necessarily agree if that money is being fed back into the health trust or hospital itself (though of course that shouldn't have to happen at all, nor should the vast amount of charitable monies that hospitals rely on)

How about the employer pays the employee? Crazy concept, but it works!!! And if that employee makes the customer extra pleased with the provided service, that tip goed to that employee! (And not the employer...) I still can't believe how weird that US system is. It almost feels like it is extortion of the employers. Or should I drop the "feels like" in the previous sentence?

Let's add prison phone charges. If we're really trying to rehabilitate people so they emerge as helpful members of society, why are inmates charged up to $5.70 for a 15 minute phone call? This is the state that pays prisoners $0.13 per hour to work.

This!! Recently I have noticed a lot of bank ATMs are being replaced by non-bank ATMs which charge a fee to withdraw money. Getting to the point where I have trouble finding a local ATM that I can withdraw money from without paying money.

They shouldn't be allowed to do it at all.

Smug smile from the UK.

Ronald Reagan's legacy, he abolished the "Fairness Doctrine". Contrasting viewpoints on controversial subjects were no longer required by law, so, networks were given free rein to embellish the stories reported.

Never heard of this (UK) can you please explain what it is?

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Minor tax in UK ensures all medical care is free at point of use ...and yes there are waiting lists...but no one is turned away. No one is penalised for being out of work or not having private insurance. Minor prescription charges in some parts of UK (free in my area Wales) only extra private charges are for opticians and dentistry for adults. You can still get plans for those too...but any medical care required from say an optician finding something requiring treatment is referred back to NHS for treatment with no charge.

I can't believe that Americans still put up with this. If this happened in France they would be burning buses in a very angry way.

Imagine lobbying so gard against free healthcare, paying way more for insurance than you would have for free healthcare anyway, and then getting screwed and still having to pay hyperinflated costs for healthcare out of pocket. Logic

'murica :D as somebody with chronic illness i'd never survive there, but in europe i only spend around 10 euros during my 36 years of life

Health insurance doesn't cover transport. So if you need to be airlifted, or a ride to a better hospital (and pray it's in your "network").... This one makes me grind my teeth.

I agree, basically in the US health coverage is for the privalaged.

Healthcare in the US is a total scam anyway. Corporate America is buying up medical facilities and their only interest is bleeding every dime they can from individuals and insurance companies. They have zero care about the patient only about padding their pockets.

Imagine a hospital taking your home to pay a bill. Gosh, the US is a scary place.

Dental insurance is the biggest scam, it doesn't pay for a thing.

I had a friend with very acute stage 4 cancer, and would die without a specific and, of course, astronomically priced drug. The insurance company - guess what? - refused to pay for it. They didn’t care if he died. Bottom line, people! In the end, ill as he was, he managed to win a lawsuit just in time to get the drug, and it narrowly saved his life.

The entire health/medical industry in the US is an industry that produces major profits. I don't see how we can ever get out of this mess. I can't see how it could ever happen. Sad.

I'm 39 worked since I was 16 had a good gob good insurance I got in a wreck broke my back couldn't work lost my insurance when I need it most fighting for my disability I have a go fund me but with out news coverage (the gorilla glue lady) I'm screwed me and my wife losing everything we work for lil bit by lil bit I learn this is a great country when you have money

i has surgery for smas and then i started to bleed out i laid there for five hours before they decided i was there number one priority i spent 11 days in the hospital when i got home i got a letter from my insurance asking if this was from an accident i guess they were looking for someone else to pay the bill

I hate the language they use in their policies such as "insane" and "retardation".

It's not overplayed until it's fixed. <3

Had a huge fight with a nurse I lived with when this was changing, she was all for it, I said if you allow the person who writes the checks to get care, you won’t get care. Sure enough lots of people died, pre-existing conditions, lack of funds.. it’s the f*****g worst.

Breast Reduction being seen as "cosmetic" in my country, hbu?

Any fees for digital tickets. Booking fee, printing fee, whatever.

And most people end up in debt because of MLMs. They're just legal pyramid schemes.

This is up there with razor blades. In some cases it's cheaper to buy a new printer each time and use the ink it comes with.

I hate the fact i pay subscription to all the channels. Out of 200 i watch like 20 tops. Vut there's no profit if i only subscribe to 20 favourite ones

Rich people paying richer people to make legislation that makes them richer.

it's free in most countries

That's why The Netherlands has a system where every defect in your rented house means that you pay less rent. At a certain number of defects the house is declared uninhabitable. Landlords hate the system because it means that people can pay less than half of their rent without risking being evicted. The only thing landlords can do to prevent it from happening is keeping the houses up to standard.

Every single human being that makes money from religion, no matter how they do it. Take the Pope, for example.

This should be (and where I live most likely is) illegal.

Companies with bots who buy up blocks of tickets, usually really good ones, and if you wanted a seat in that section you have to pay a fortune to some scam company to get it. Legalized scalping.

WHAAAAT, where does this happen? I didn't even know this was a thing!