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As if having insurance means you get treated...
Of course they will treat them. How else will they get to bill them $500,000 /s
My eye-opener "wtf is going on over there" moment was when someone told me they Ubered to the hospital after they broke their arm cause ambulances are expensive.
I started having double vision (and have a history of seizures). I drove myself to the Urgent Care, who told me to drive to the ER, who let a medical student look at me for fifteen minutes, and then sent me home (I drove back).
At least it was only a few hundred dollars wasted, instead of a few thousand with the ambulance.
Vision problems? History of seizures? We must be neighbors because you just described, what I assume, is afflicting nearly all the drivers in my area
The meds I’m on control them (although I’ve basically got no information from doctors on why I had them/what could be done to prevent them in the future - medical care here is not great). I’d rather not drive, but there is no public transport where I live and I need to hold down a job.
Anyone that shows up at the ER in America legally has to be accepted and stabilized before discharge. They will be sure to bill you though.
They are legally required to stabilize you, but won’t actually treat you until your method of payment is confirmed!
And have you ever heard of hyperbole? That is whats happening here?
And have you ever heard of hyperbole? That is whats happening here?
The title is “facts are facts”… literally not a fact…
Yup thats the title, have you ever heard of hyperbole?
Hyperbole should be exaggerated beyond what a reasonable person thinks is possible. They shouldn’t mislead. So it’s not a hyperbole if some people might think that people in the US may be outright refused care if they are dying and don’t have insurance. Which is why I commented originally, to clarify that.
You think a hospital would ask for insurance from a dying patient?
I think the meme could give that impression to someone unfamiliar with U.S. healthcare, yes.
You really edited 2 of your comments? You know it takes 4 clicks to view them with google time machine?
Ain’t you sad mate?
I don’t know what you are talking about 🤣
if it was allowed to be done legally many American hospitals would absolutely do it.
it’s not a hyperbole if some people might think that
Congratulations, you just defined hyperbole as non-existing, since for every proposition you can find someone who believes it.
Just accept that you didn’t get the joke and move on.
My issue issue is about how the title 'facts are facts' might mislead, especially on a topic like healthcare, which is already confusing for a lot of people.
Why not ditch the title, and use slides like:
- Slide 1: "Please help me, I'm dying!"
- Slide 2: "Of course, but first can you verify your billing address?"
A USAian not hearing about hyperbole would be too ironic 🤣
Americans realize how deadly corporate greed hits people in health care -> proceeds to elect Trump.
It's Leopard season I suppose.
We're REALLY hoping for a strong leopard season, and much likethe Right, the Left is hoping that the administration hurts the other side more than us, or at the very least both of us enough to make them change their minds. NGL, chances aren't looking good.
Not going to go as far as to advocate Schadenfreude, but when they take a big hit, I do get a little more hopeful.
Trump supporters are gonna get reamed along with the rest of us and spend the whole time convincing themselves that it's a good thing because at least the Democrats are taking it up the ass.
Maybe if the Democrats put forward a decent candidate rather than waiting until the last second to replace Biden with Harris. Even Tulsi Gabbard received more votes than Harris in the 2020 primary.
Trump even won the popular vote. 7 million Americans decided that they'd rather deal with him than to vote against him with Harris.
Think about that. And she ran exclusively on abortion and hardly anything else. She changed her accent more times than she changed topics.
Let's see how the next 4 years will play out, despite the drastic exaggerations from liberals. Trump can't do any worse than Biden's pardoning of his son. Oh wait ...
I seriously wonder if a 30 days earlier event would have changed the outcome of the election.
ROFL.
Oh boy when did they americanize Pokémon?
This isn't how it actually works in America. They treat you then they bankrupt you.
If you can't pay or your insurance deems you unworthy they halt treatment
First Brock's love of "Jelly Donuts" that look suspiciously like onigiri, now this!
Insurance Company: "Claim denied. individual deductible unmet."
No joke, we spent ~$16k on out of pocket medical expenses in 2024. That was on top of the very pricey employer sponsored insurance plan that I had for most of the year.
Gonna need a lot of insurance yourself asking a question like that.