30 Times Americans Shocked The Rest Of The World By Sharing Their Outrageous Medical Bills

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Insurance You re The Greatest

DuffMan000 Report Final score: 56points POST cybermerlin2000 cybermerlin2000 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And yet the Americans can't see what a rip off health insurance is. 22 22points reply View More Replies...

View more comments That amounts to around 20 to 25 percent of all American healthcare spending not being used as it should. Instead of reaching patients and making their healthcare better and cheaper, that money is used for administrative purposes and keeping the system afloat.

In short inefficiencies in the system lead to larger costs. And the American people suffer for it.

With the Covid-19 pandemic, things have gotten worse. #7

I m A Registered Nurse That Contracted Covid This Is My Bill For My Visit To The Emergency Department

minxiejinx Report Final score: 54points POST Diana Eriksson Diana Eriksson Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That's disgusting. You literally risk your life every day to help patients for (I assume) rather mediocre pay, and when you become a patient yourself they send you this.

Disgusting... 23 23points reply View More Replies...

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My Bill For A 2 Night Hospital Stay

kharadjej Report Final score: 52points POST Danish Dynomummy Danish Dynomummy Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Oh my gawd, that is crazy! My Dad is currently fighting cancer in the hospital. He's been there for 11 days - total cost= 0,-!

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My Mother s Hospital Bill Of When She Went To The Er Cause Of Her Gallbladder And Had To Have Emergency Surgery She Was In The Hospital For One Day

partimecollegeboy Report Final score: 52points POST Trillian Trillian Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The lab charges alone are ridiculous. 8 8points reply View More Replies...

View more comments However, Investopedia provides slightly different numbers than the NYT. According to them, the US spends around 8 percent of its healthcare costs on administration. "Providers face a huge array of usage and billing requirements from multiple payers, which makes it necessary to hire costly administrative help for billing and reimbursements," they explain why the waste in the system occurs in the first place.

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Hospital Bill For A 21yo Admitted For A Suicide Attempt - This Is The State Of Our Modern American Healthcare

Fck-Face Report Final score: 48points POST Tamra Stiffler Tamra Stiffler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Well, if you didn't want to die before... 51 51points reply View More Replies... View more comments #11

Having A Baby Is Not Cheap

mynameislaysa Report Final score: 45points POST Colin Matthews Colin Matthews Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In New Zealand our daughter was in NICU for 3-4 days.

Our bill? $0... Didn't even pay for parking.

Got given a pass to the carparks. Single room overlooking the park. 21 21points reply View More Replies...

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Insurance Just Paid $57 605 79 For Medication That Costs Under $100 Anywhere Else

papashawnsky Report Final score: 43points POST Colin Matthews Colin Matthews Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago OK So I REALLY don't understand why the FBI haven't charged these firms with fraud and racketeering-plainly this is fraudulent. 30 30points reply View More Replies... View more comments Investopedia notes that the Covid-19 pandemic has further increased the pressure on the already highly complex and expensive American healthcare system.

"There's an urgent need to expand testing and treatment for COVID-19 to all residents who need it, regardless of health insurance status. Massive federal cash influxes have sought to shore up hospitals sagging under the weight of the coronavirus burden and the related cessation of elective surgery and regular medical care," they write.

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My Buddies Medical Bill For A Month-Long Stay In The Hospital After Being Hit By A Driver High On Heroin

danthoms Report Final score: 38points POST cybermerlin2000 cybermerlin2000 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Welcome to USPAY where we victimize the victims! 18 18points reply View More Replies... View more comments #14

The Hospital Helping

informat2 Report Final score: 37points POST Jess-a-men Jess-a-men Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And I'm sure this will have a great effect on this person's mental well-being, too.

Great business model. Take people's money, their mental health goes down because they have money trouble, they have to get help, you can take more of their money, repeat.

It's like something a supervillain would cook up. 14 14points reply View more comments #15

I Bought Dental Insurance Specifically So I Could Afford To Get My Wisdom Teeth Removed Humana Deducted Less Than What I Pay Them Monthly From My Medical Bill

ratlenin Report Final score: 34points POST cybermerlin2000 cybermerlin2000 Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) Go on America, tell me how medical insurance is better than socialized healthcare 32 32points reply View More Replies... View more comments However, the American healthcare system has had issues long before Covid.

Life expectancy in the US stands at 78.8 years while it ranges from 80.7 to 83.9 in other high-income countries that the Journal of the American Medical Association looked at. #16

My Father In Law s Hospital Bill After 2 1 2 Days In The Hospital For Observation

yobruhh Report Final score: 31points POST Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Don’t these suspiciously high bills often decrease a lot once a detailed itemised bill is requested? I really hope that the do.

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Went To The Er For What Turned Out To Be A Panic Attack These Were The Consequences

HowlAlone Report Final score: 31points POST Jon Steensen Jon Steensen Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago and the irony is that bill like that is likely to cause another panic attack as most should rightfully be worried about how to come up with that sort of money on a short notice. 19 19points reply View more comments #18

Got The Hospital Bill For Delivery Of My C-Section Baby I Don t Think I Need To Say Which Country I Live In

BenBishopsButt Report Final score: 31points POST WilvanderHeijden WilvanderHeijden Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago For that money she could have travelled to Europe, give birth, enjoy 6 months of rest and relaxation and still have saved $40.000.

25 25points reply View More Replies... View more comments Unfortunately, only 90 percent of Americans have health insurance which is 9 to 10 percent lower than in these other industrialized countries.

Many Americans feel like they simply cannot afford insurance. #19

The Worst Part About Healthcare This Is A Real Bill For A Motorized Wheelchair Something A Person Needs To Live

camssymphony Report Final score: 31points POST timothy green timothy green Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That is almost 4 times what i paid for my brand new car 8 8points reply View more comments See Also on Bored Panda Overworked Employee Quits Because He Wasn't Getting A Fair Wage, Costs The Company $40 Million 40 Embarrassing Moments People Didn't Know Who They Were Talking To And Made A Fool Of Themselves #20

Just Got My $39k Hospital Bill For Having A Stroke At 34

jpegjoshua Report Final score: 31points POST Stephen Branley Stephen Branley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes 1 year ago I'd have had a second one after seeing the bill. Why do Americans put up with this??

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My Buddy s Son Ate A Penny This Is How Much The Hospital Charged For A 5 Minute Procedure To Get It Out

Itzu Report Final score: 30points POST Mark Dennler Mark Dennler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) In for a penny, in for 18 k i guess then 9 9points reply View More Replies... View more comments National Nurses United points out that a whopping 78 percent of adult Americans avoided visiting the hospital while 44 percent skipped medical care due to the large cost, in 2018.

In a very sad commentary on the reality that Americans face, nearly a third, 30 percent, said that they were forced to choose between paying for their medical bills and necessities such as buying food or paying for their housing. #22

Got Our Hospital Bill On The Same Day That A Handwritten Thank You Card From My Wife s Nurses Arrived

ThePlanetBob Report Final score: 27points POST fire bug fire bug Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago There is probably a line item on the bill to cover the cost of the card.

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Just Got The First Bill For My Back Surgery The Surgery Itself Is Not Included On This Statement

Panubis Report Final score: 27points POST im.bored.person im.bored.person Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i cant imagine how much the surgery was- 0 0points reply View more comments #24

This Is The Cost Of A Rattlesnake Bite In America

dan_haggerty10News Report Final score: 25points POST smugdruggler smugdruggler Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago How can the pharmacy charges be higher than the intensive care bed?! This is just ridiculous.

I'm so grateful for the NHS. 6 6points reply View More Replies... View more comments Meanwhile, NNU also reports that back in 2019, 137.1 million people living in the US said that they were struggling with medical debt.

The complexity of the system and the high hospital charges also drove up the cost of treating those ill with Covid-19. The cost of treating a Covid-19 patient who stays at the hospital can reach over 42.4k dollars if there are no or few complications. Whereas those with major complications can end up paying over 74.3k dollars for their stay.

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My Hospital Bill After A Single Mri Brain Scan In The Us

SilentWalrus92 Report Final score: 24points POST Nugua Nugua Nugua Nugua Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago (edited) For comparison: In Germany a head MRT is billed with 400 to 500€ if you pay yourself (because it was not medically necessary and thus the insurance doesn't cover it.) 5 5points reply View More Replies... View more comments #26

My Hospital Bill For An Uncomplicated Birth

alba0321 Report Final score: 24points POST Art Tani Art Tani Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago the fact that room and board are most expensive, even more than labor and delivery, just shows what America is like now... 2 2points reply View more comments #27

170k

MissNizi Report Final score: 23points POST Kainaath Khan Kainaath Khan Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago What was to happen if one refuses to pay the bill?

( not from America and any form of health care is borne by the insurance company in my country). 2 2points reply View More Replies...

View more comments What do you think about the healthcare and health insurance systems in the United States, dear Pandas? What do you think it would take for the situation to fundamentally change? Have you ever had to pay off a huge hospital bill like in this list?

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An Uninsured Covid-19 Patient Just Got Her Medical Bill $34 927 43

cmplxgal Report Final score: 21points POST Valisbourne Spiritforge Valisbourne Spiritforge Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Wth does single payer and covid have to do with each other?

They are literally separate issues. 5 5points reply View More Replies... View more comments #29

Welcome To The USA Just The Hospital Bill From A Car Accident Note Charges Denied

grootdoos1 Report Final score: 21points POST Lauren Lauren Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago The medical insurance will want the car insurance to pay first.

If there is no car insurance, they will go after whoever caused the wreck. If that was the patient, they are s**t out of luck.

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Healthcare As God Would Have Wanted It

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It's like the circus elephant that's learned to love the chain around its leg. Get private shareholder-based insurance companies out of healthcare.

It's as evil as a pedophile running a daycare. 34 34points reply Steph Harrison Steph Harrison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Especially as I imagine the amount lost in taxes would be less than the amount they pay in insurance, but one supports just them and the other supports those less well off.

10 10points reply Load More Replies... Monica Michelle Monica Michelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the us most of us want to get rid of this system.

We are held from most things we want because of lobbyists that our politicians owe 3 3points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago yeah we know that. but for a european these things are really shocking.

But we know changes are underway. hope you succeed 1 1point reply Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That’s a very apt analogy! 2 2points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i agree americans have taboified the word socialism.

while it's definitely a good for humanity 0 0points reply J. F. J.

F. Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Socialism is quite bad, what they want is a social market system like we Europeans have 0 0points reply Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Renee, thank you for this, well said. It is very sad.

I stopped reading after 8 stories. 0 0points reply Wilf Wilf Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Speaking as someone from Europe, I wonder how many Americans realise just how utterly bewildering this is to other countries.

It just doesn't seem possible outside of a dystopian novel. I just genuinely don't understand it.

22 22points reply Jyri Hakola Jyri Hakola Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And even more, I wonder how many Americans realise that on top of the free covernmental healthcare we can whenever needed also services from the private sector with way more lower prices and our reasonable priced voluntary medical insurances also really handles most of those costs :D 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Eileen Barnett Eileen Barnett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It us utterly bewildering and I Live Here.

In fact, its downright criminal!!! 2 2points reply Jonathan Panda Jonathan Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago Well, the benefit is we don't have to wait 6 months to get seen for cancer which in the meantime metastasized and caused necrosis in our insides, and now it's no longer treatable.

0 0points reply Johnnie Bravo Johnnie Bravo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's because your government isn't as incompetent and bought out as ours. If we went with single payer, the end result would be 10 times worse based on what happens with medicaid.

It's the lesser of 2 evils. 0 0points reply Bill Evs Bill Evs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's genuinely insane 0 0points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago this is true. far from me to bash the americans.

but some americans should really try to travel a little bit more 0 0points reply Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I had to stop reading, these are so depressing. Do they effect your credit score?

Do you have to sell your homes to pay for them? How is this bullshit even legal?

18 18points reply renee brack renee brack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, I found it increasingly depressing to read. It's hard enough dealing with a medical emergency without the stress of extortion. 12 12points reply Load More Replies...

Annamagelic Annamagelic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many of these are likely to be disputed with he insurance companies, or negotiate payment plans with the hospitals. However the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States is medical debt. 4 4points reply Felix Feline Felix Feline Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They can take your house (except in Florida), your car, every possession, garnish your pay, garnish your pension.

Many Americans end up bankrupted and homeless, lining up at the soup kitchens just for a meal. One family of 5 lost everything due to medical expenses, and were even denied room at a shelter because the son was a teenager and "no teenaged boys allowed". They all slept in an alley.

4 4points reply Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Disgraceful! I’m baffled how any political parties that allow this to happen can get voted into government, the whole thing stinks of corruption. At these prices even relatively well off families would be ruined, let alone those who are struggling.

2 2points reply Johnnie Bravo Johnnie Bravo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not in Texas, only the federal gov can garnish here. They can't take you primary residence or cars either.

The states are all different. 0 0points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago madness, pure madness. Good luck to you 0 0points reply Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes.

3 3points reply Load More Comments POST renee brack renee brack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I feel sorry for the USA, then wearily frustrated when Americans poo-poo taxes paying for education, housing and healthcare - calling it communism / socialism without understanding what socialism actually is. It's like the circus elephant that's learned to love the chain around its leg.

Get private shareholder-based insurance companies out of healthcare. It's as evil as a pedophile running a daycare.

34 34points reply Steph Harrison Steph Harrison Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Especially as I imagine the amount lost in taxes would be less than the amount they pay in insurance, but one supports just them and the other supports those less well off. 10 10points reply Load More Replies... Monica Michelle Monica Michelle Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago In the us most of us want to get rid of this system.

We are held from most things we want because of lobbyists that our politicians owe 3 3points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago yeah we know that. but for a european these things are really shocking.

But we know changes are underway. hope you succeed 1 1point reply Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago That’s a very apt analogy!

2 2points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago i agree americans have taboified the word socialism. while it's definitely a good for humanity 0 0points reply J.

F. J. F.

Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Socialism is quite bad, what they want is a social market system like we Europeans have 0 0points reply Caro Caro Caro Caro Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Renee, thank you for this, well said. It is very sad.

I stopped reading after 8 stories. 0 0points reply Wilf Wilf Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Speaking as someone from Europe, I wonder how many Americans realise just how utterly bewildering this is to other countries. It just doesn't seem possible outside of a dystopian novel.

I just genuinely don't understand it. 22 22points reply Jyri Hakola Jyri Hakola Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago And even more, I wonder how many Americans realise that on top of the free covernmental healthcare we can whenever needed also services from the private sector with way more lower prices and our reasonable priced voluntary medical insurances also really handles most of those costs :D 5 5points reply Load More Replies... Eileen Barnett Eileen Barnett Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It us utterly bewildering and I Live Here.

In fact, its downright criminal!!! 2 2points reply Jonathan Panda Jonathan Panda Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 4 months ago Well, the benefit is we don't have to wait 6 months to get seen for cancer which in the meantime metastasized and caused necrosis in our insides, and now it's no longer treatable.

0 0points reply Johnnie Bravo Johnnie Bravo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's because your government isn't as incompetent and bought out as ours. If we went with single payer, the end result would be 10 times worse based on what happens with medicaid.

It's the lesser of 2 evils. 0 0points reply Bill Evs Bill Evs Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago It's genuinely insane 0 0points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago this is true.

far from me to bash the americans. but some americans should really try to travel a little bit more 0 0points reply Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago I had to stop reading, these are so depressing.

Do they effect your credit score? Do you have to sell your homes to pay for them? How is this bullshit even legal?

18 18points reply renee brack renee brack Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yeah, I found it increasingly depressing to read. It's hard enough dealing with a medical emergency without the stress of extortion.

12 12points reply Load More Replies... Annamagelic Annamagelic Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Many of these are likely to be disputed with he insurance companies, or negotiate payment plans with the hospitals.

However the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States is medical debt. 4 4points reply Felix Feline Felix Feline Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago They can take your house (except in Florida), your car, every possession, garnish your pay, garnish your pension.

Many Americans end up bankrupted and homeless, lining up at the soup kitchens just for a meal. One family of 5 lost everything due to medical expenses, and were even denied room at a shelter because the son was a teenager and "no teenaged boys allowed". They all slept in an alley.

4 4points reply Hannah Edwards Hannah Edwards Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Disgraceful! I’m baffled how any political parties that allow this to happen can get voted into government, the whole thing stinks of corruption. At these prices even relatively well off families would be ruined, let alone those who are struggling.

2 2points reply Johnnie Bravo Johnnie Bravo Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Not in Texas, only the federal gov can garnish here. They can't take you primary residence or cars either.

The states are all different. 0 0points reply jpaul jpaul Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago madness, pure madness.

Good luck to you 0 0points reply Helen Haley Helen Haley Community Member • points posts comments upvotes FollowUnfollow 1 year ago Yes. 3 3points reply Load More Comments Popular on Bored Panda I Used AI To See What These 23 Popular Cartoon Characters Would Look Like In Real Life 30 Y.O.

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