🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)20h ago

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

Show threadTheo
@alice such a scam

I paid almost $10k last year in healthcare costs, including insurance premiums. Insurance premiums were like 70%+ of those bills.
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Show threadKevin Karhan18h ago

@theowrites @alice 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

Show threadKevin Karhan18h ago

@theowrites @alice And mind you this is like the mandatory standard, not something fancy or barely eligible thing...

🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) (@[email protected])

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

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