And yet, here we are! With Eleanor's NICU stay and then all the kidney stuff and surgeries all before age three, we were looking at about $125K in bills. Luckily I could apply for assistance and we ended up only paying around $3K-ish.
My ultrasound last week cost me...... [drum roll]..... *nothing*... as has all of my other doctor/hospital visits..... Your 'healthcare' system SUCKS. But you already knew that..... [grin]
Wouldn't it make a million times more sense for your insurance to be tied *directly* to you rather than a company? That seems MUCH more logical and would cut out a lot of issues.
Not 100% sure but I think we had an insurance type health scheme up to the end of WW2 before we switched over the the NHS. I really need to read up on that.... AFAIK the insurance was on the person/family though and had nothing to do with work.
And yet, here we are! With Eleanor's NICU stay and then all the kidney stuff and surgeries all before age three, we were looking at about $125K in bills. Luckily I could apply for assistance and we ended up only paying around $3K-ish.
ReplyDeleteMy ultrasound last week cost me...... [drum roll]..... *nothing*... as has all of my other doctor/hospital visits..... Your 'healthcare' system SUCKS. But you already knew that..... [grin]
DeleteAnd it is absolutely disgusting that insurance is tied to a job. A few more insurance CEOs needed to be shown the error of their ways, me thinks.
DeleteWouldn't it make a million times more sense for your insurance to be tied *directly* to you rather than a company? That seems MUCH more logical and would cut out a lot of issues.
ReplyDeleteYep. But then the greedy millionaires lose money. So, it'll never happen.
DeleteNot 100% sure but I think we had an insurance type health scheme up to the end of WW2 before we switched over the the NHS. I really need to read up on that.... AFAIK the insurance was on the person/family though and had nothing to do with work.
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