BaBaBouy
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- May 6, 2021
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I had universal (government run) healthcare, it was called the Veteran’s Administration.Took my wife almost 3 years to get cataract surgery. Because of her age, the ins held it up asking for additional recommendations from different doctors.
I truly believe the insurance companies are the devil to our medical services.
Example - a friend had an emergency situation, his co-pay was 500. When he got the bill, the total from the hospital was some 40k.
You can see on the bill, the insurance paid like 5k and that was all.
So medical bills you some crazy high number knowing the insurance will pay 25% and everyone thinks it’s OK?
I went in to have my molars (teefs) removed, ended up in the dentist’s chair for 6 hours. They wanted to get 4 different dentist’s experience in removing impacted teeth so they kept me there for hours waiting for dentists to get freed up to have a go.
I was there for so long I became dehydrated so bad that after being released I fell out and cut my head open on the way out, woke up in the hospital hours later after multiple IVs and some stitches in my dome. I developed an infection at the sight of the IV they put in which led to three weeks of additional fun…
I used my meager E-4 salary to pay cash for medical services in the private sector after that.