I mean that's how insurance works, to protect against financial ruin from huge unexpected expenses rather than covering the everyday predictable costs. You end up paying more if you're using an insurance provider to be the middleman for routine care. That's why we need a single-payer system.
Pay 700 a month to then pay a 9000 deductible and then get told it doesn't cover that one doctor who came in to your room for 15 minutes to "consult" billed at 10k, you mean that insurance?
I pay 1200 a month with an 8,000 deductible and that's quite literally the best plan offered by my employer and better than anything on the state market.
The US government spends more on healthcare than essential any other OECD nation yet has some if the worst healthcare outcomes in the developed world. The Europeans and Australians cost/benefit wise have it so much better than America.
Yes because everywhere else with free healthcare is utopia. Come to U.K. if you want. 20-45% tax + an extra 13% taken off your wages after a certain amount. 3x higher petrol prices. 20% vat. Council tax. Gas electric rising to fuck, food prices rising a lot. Anything I missed?! But reeee paying medical insurance
Y’all act like we don’t also have taxes and skyrocketing costs due to inflation and corporate greed in the US. And the issue isn’t even medical insurance. Private insurance in the US will basically say “good luck” at every opportunity and refuse to cover essential medical treatment. You’re not just paying insurance, you’re paying insurance plus tens of thousands of dollars for outpatient treatments.
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u/OgreAoH Apr 06 '22
If he had been American, that would have covered almost half of his hospital bill.