Thread: almost 29,000.00 for a 5 day hospital stay I am thankful for my insurance but I still have to pay

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I felt like a piece of meat but only had to stay 3 days. Five days would have tipped me right over the edge.

But you're still here, and your story may change things, so keep telling it!!!!

would have cost me at least $15,000 and I have insurance. There's a reason why I haven't seen a doctor for any reason in well over a decade. There's a reason why I exppect to live an unnecessarily diminished and shortened life. It may not feel like it but you are lucky. Folks like me are effectively excluded from receiving even routine and preventative healthcare.

the witness stand in front of congress answering the following question. "Mr. Gotrocks, can you tell me what on earth would cause an 8 hour hospital stay for a broken arm to cost $14,400? I want our committee to hear the cost of each and every detail of treatment." At the end of testimony, I want him arrested for extortion.

I paid $4800 in insurance premiums last year. Then I fell & broke my kneecap which required surgery & a week of hospitalization at a cost of $35,000. I had to pay a $6000 deductible & some co-payments. My insurance company picked up the tab (or so I thought) and promptly sued me to get their money back. I had to hire an attorney to sort it out.

there _are_ books that give advice on how to fight back: "Tactics of the Bill Collector and How to Fight Back" was published quite a while ago, but there's probably some newer ones out. If you own a house be sure you check out your state's provisions for homestead exemption. Most states don't let your home be taken to pay back bills like this, although the amount that's protected may well be unrealistically low...

well, a friend who was working two low paying jobs broke his wrist and the bill was $12,000 - no insurance and he would have had trouble paying $400 much less $12k. What did he do? Ignore the bill and let his credit go to shite. Good thing he didn't own a house, huh? UNIVERSAL SINGLE PAYER NOW. Like every other freaking first world nation.