Amen…

One of the great mistakes of recent Western thinking was the decision to push so many of the young towards higher education (and in to degrees of limited use) and away from apprenticeships. This has resulted in heavily indebted graduates who are of no use to the job market and an extreme skill shortage.

Dangerous sh!t.

Love her in movies but man, she's off her nut lol

Detox is a big big lie (bullsh*t)

Because that's what a sad majority of the US-Americans wanted and still want, because the Orange tells them lies about how paying such ludicrous amounts (and $1500 is cheap) is better than having universal healthcare. I'm sorry for you folks.

I talked to an American about universal healthcare a while back and he said he was against it because it took away his freedom.

Thank Nixon, allowing health insurance to be for profit.

Normal, as in the bill or the food poisoning?

Thank f**k for the nhs

I make 36 k €/year, pay about 1800 €/year in healthcare. Only costs for me are 10 €/day for staying at hospital and 5 € per medicament on a prescription, everything other gets paid by my healthcare. Only exception: glasses and better dental treatment (basic treatment included). But I'm grateful for the German healthcare-system.

I had to go to the ER for food stuck in my esophagus, waited for at least four hours, they said they couldn't do anything for me and had to wait for a doctor. I was in extreme pain until it finally passed on its own, they still tried to charge me even though I just sat there for hours.

Just put it in peoples taxes, I hate waiting but I pay nothing for all the things that are done

This is a simple answer, by way of a story: On July 11, I had a "widowmaker" LAD 98% heart-attack at 2:15 am. By 3:15 am, I had a stent. The sequence was: Call 911. Ambulance in 10 minutes. At hospital, 10 minutes more. In the hands of the Cardiac Rapid Response Team. 18 minutes, in the Cardiac Cath Lab. Stent installed (via my arm) in less than 15 more minutes. In total, including the first-response police officer, 24 individuals were involved including 3 physicians (2 of whom were also surgeons) and patient transport. Between 2 am and 4 am on a Sunday morning. You are paying for that level of readiness.

US healthcare "system" is a catastrophe. Poor citizens if they are not a millionaire.

We live i what Trump calls a shithole country, and we had bacterial SEAFOOD poisoning. Our Premium private medical-aid costs around $100 for both the wife and me. Medical co-payment costs and doctor's visit for both of us....ZERO

How do so many Americans still fight to keep this system? I’m from Canada and if I don’t feel well I just go chat with the doctor for free without even worrying about. I can’t imagine what it would be like to be put into debt over an upset tummy. I feel so bad for the Americans who are screwed by this system and want out :(

because people in pain is willing to almost everything to make it stop. Hence you can charge absurd amounts for medical assistance and therefore someone does.

It's not. It's murica. It's a third world theocracy with first world beach resorts. You should see the human development rankings, it's almost frightening to think so few people over there realise the situation their corporations program them to believe is normal.

Why didn't you see your brother?

Why did you not go to your brother for advice?

In Belgium my dad didn't pay that much for his pacemaker.

Because of the games that were created once hospitals were told they had to give care to people in emergency situations whether they have insurance or not. At the same time the insurance companies wanted to pay as little as possible. So the " master cost list" came into being. The hospital marked up the cost of everything so they could give a discount to the insurance company but were actually marking up the costs a bit for everyone and the extra they made was supposed to cover the hospitals cost when they have to care for folks in an emergency that had no coverage. Of course the hospitals charge those same people the over inflated price instead of the actual cost of treatment. As time went on the government got in 9n the game and if you have Medicare or Medicare the hospital only gets paid around .29 cents on the dollar for the actually cost. The hospitals either Jack up the cost for everyone else to cover the money they are losing when they treat these patients or they don't treat t

The first thing that usually comes up is the cost of their education. Now, and rightly so, is the cost of insurance. Why be a doctor when you can be a dozen or more other jobs you can do for the same pay and less hassle?

Because America!!

How as an American do you not know about your profit making healthcare system?

It's normal because we don't elect the people who will make it NOT normal.

Thank goodness I live in Australia! Our health system is not perfect, but it's a great improvement on what the people of America have to deal with.

Because you went to ER. Must have been doubly disappointing to find out you mostly needed palliative care. Try minor emergency or your county clinic. Or get a PCP for just such emergencies.

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Healthcare in the UK has been declining seriously for years, all heading for the private system. I bet they will still take the money and supply zero, EU showed no help to Britain in that area either. I am still wondering what the EU did for us.

I went to the ER for herniated disc pain and was checked in, vitals taken, waited, then spoke with a NP who told me there was nothing they could do for me and had me sign "not treated" discharge papers. I was billed $211 for a Triage Fee then $584 for a physician I never saw. Of course, that physician was out of network because hospitals use contract companies that have no deals with insurance companies. Makes me infuriated just typing that.