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 was having chest pains a couple of nights ago and my wife asked, "Do I need to take you to Urgent care?" and I said, "No, I'll be fine. I can't afford urgent care."
@roknrol @alice urgent care to me is a sign of the system falling apart
@alice Clearly I was fine, because I'm not dead as far as I can tell.

@roknrol @alice

Congrats on still being alive, but your heart may have been injured. I hope that is not the case for you.

It sucks that you can't get the medical care you need.

@roknrol @alice A few years ago I started having trouble breathing (a bad asthma attack, although at the time I didn’t know what it was as I didn’t know I had asthma). I took an Uber to the hospital, 8 minutes and US$15, instead of $1,000 for an ambulance and endless paperwork.

American health care.