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Hospital bill sent for a suspected kidney stone
(lemmy.world)
No~~body~~ kidney wants to work anymore
I do have government funded insurance so I will pay less than $200. Which I will only be able to afford if I pass Go.
UK here. I had a similar day to you, but it turned out to be a very severe case of double pneumonia, caused by an undiagnosed autoimmune disease. I had multiple organ failure, was put into a medically induced coma, and was hospitalised for about two months.
14 years later, I've had countless tests and scans, and had a kidney transplant. Like you, I've only ever paid for things like parking and meals that I chose to buy.
The fact that people defend the American system is beyond my understanding 🤷🏻♂️
Damn right! I loved the NHS when I lived in the UK. I broke my ankle when I was a kid over there, same deal, into the hospital, xrays, cast, etc, not a cent out of pocket for my family. I got a nice pair of crutches on load which I returned at the end and even got to try using a wheelchair when we went to Tesco because I stacked it (Aussie slang for fell over badly) on the way in on my crutches and they panicked, so yay for new experiences! Overall, 10/10 would recommend the NHS as of 1998, and the Australian Medicare system as of the rest of my experiences (2007, 2012, 2023) which resulted in hospitalisation.