US healthcare is so fucked! I just got a bill for $20 for a copay, so I checked the bill, and holy shit...

I have had three doctor visits this year:
- one to meet my new doctor (and get my jabs)
- one to sign paperwork for my chronic condition medication
- and one for lab work for my chronic condition medication

Amount I've paid (this year):
- ~$50 for copays
- ~$600 for visits
- ~$300 for medications

Amount paid by insurance: ~$1070

(which is notably less than the cost of 4 months of insurance premiums)

Amount insurance is still deciding on: ~$3700

Not only have I paid for the insurance, but I've also paid out at almost 50% of the cost of care so far, *and* I could be on the hook for nearly 4x that amount if insurance doesn't feel like paying.

Just saying, I wouldn't have ratted on Luigi.

#US #Healthcare

@alice It should be illegal to have a copay. WTF am I paying insurance for if not for them to fucking insure me against the individual costs of all the things?

American healthcare (lolsob) is such a joke.

Kevin Karhan (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image @[email protected] @[email protected] that's absurdly expensive even by German standards... - Mine's 17,59% gross income, but that means basically no co-pay except dental & vision and non-prescription drugs, with drug costs capped at 1% net income, but even if I were to make €120k p.a. that would've been capped at < €500 p.m. or <€6k p.a. - almost as if regulating #healthcare as a utility & human right works! Source: [Net Income Calculator](https://www.nettolohn.de)

jorts.horse
@eldersea @alice the health profit extraction industry does not β€œcare”