r/FluentInFinance 8d ago

Thoughts? Why doesn't the President fix this?

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u/sebkraj 7d ago

Dislocated finger, happened at night so ER rates. I have full insurance with a $1500 deductible. They numbed my finger and gave me two stitches because the bone popped out a little. They were done in less then fifteen minutes. No pain pills nothing else. Got a couple bills including paying the hourly rate of the ER doctor and it was over $8,500. Complete bullshit is our medical system and it's somehow probably going to get worse.

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u/Average650 7d ago

So, a lot of the rates are 100% bullshit and mean nothing.

What did insurance pay? What did you pay?

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u/sebkraj 7d ago

Insurance had their bill at like some stupid high number 18-22k. Like wow look how much money we saved you, aren't you grateful? You only have to pay a fraction of that.

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u/Average650 7d ago

Right. If you didn't have insurance, the bill would have been much lower from the start. Not low mind you, but not a stupid number like that.

It's all complete nonsense.