• frunch
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    10 hours ago

    It’s getting to the point where I’m staying to wonder if i should just pay my own way with healthcare. If i only go to the doctor 2x a year and it’s like $150 per visit, then I’ll be saving a cool $25,000 that i could have wasted on insurance. I just have to make sure i don’t have any emergencies or car accidents that require a trip to the hospital… 🤔

    • Rooster326@programming.dev
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      5 hours ago

      For right now they legally have to stabilize you if you walk into a hospital. So uh. Just saying

      Just don’t have any ID on you and use as little English as possible.

      They won’t treat you. Like you’d still have a broken bone but you wouldn’t be in a state of “dying within the next 24 hours” anymore. Which is nice…

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      4 hours ago

      I just have to make sure i don’t have any emergencies or car accidents that require a trip to the hospital

      Just go and then don’t pay (and hopefully they don’t kick you out). You can always negotiate later to pay a much smaller amount than what they initially bill you for.

      A bigger concern is something like cancer. Your chemo will not be covered by anything and as a result you simply won’t get it.

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        5 hours ago

        I’d retort with “Land of the Fee” but that underplays just how expensive it is to exist as a human here