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 I love it that, unlike other national health care systems where you just go to the doctor, America's for-profit healthcare industry has decided that doctor's visits cost an arbitrarily exorbitant amount so that they can cover 80% of it and make it seem like you got a good deal. if, you know, they cover it at all.
@YKantRachelRead @alice …but the Free Market will fix this - just get multiple bids from doctors and hospitals while you’re sick and needing care.. or so I’ve been told.

@steff @alice @YKantRachelRead

Let me just rub some Market Forces on that, should fix it right up