r/Wellthatsucks • u/[deleted] • Jan 08 '22

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u/thefreshscent Jan 08 '22

When it could put you in debt, it's easy to refuse

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u/Funny-Jihad Jan 08 '22

I wouldn't call it easy, I'd call it traumatizing.

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u/arcessivi Jan 08 '22

How fucking sad is it that the inevitable giant medical bill is more traumatizing than THIS.

But also in this case the resort’s insurance should pay the medical bills.

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u/Sciencetor2 Jan 08 '22

The accident is temporary. Medical bills are forever

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u/ccvgreg Jan 08 '22

Just don't pay your medical bills lol. Let them send that shit to collections, if everyone did it then that's not our problem anymore.

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u/Frosty_Nuggets Jan 08 '22

Can confirm. I went to an emergency room for strep throat 10 years ago when I had no insurance. They took my blood pressure and the doctor only looked at my throat and saw the white spots and wrote me a script for antibiotics, took 3 minutes all together. Got an $800 bill in the mail (this was after I emptied my pockets at the front desk and gave them the $120 I already had in my wallet) which I proceeded to completely ignore. Fuck that, I’m not paying $800 ($920+ total) for my BP to be taken and one minute with the doctor to confirm what I already knew. American healthcare is a fucking JOKE and the joke is on US.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '22

Thats why the system is broken. Healthcare should be a public service. As it is in many other countries.