Remember My Anxiety Attack? Well HOLY SHIT, I just got the Damage Report!!! (pic)
 

For those of you that remember, I had an anxiety attack a couple months back and got a lot of support from some folks here. Well I got the bill today and it's enough to cause another attack!!! $1608.00 fucking dollars!!!

I saw a nurse for 30 minutes, Spoke to a doctor for 5 minutes, and they gave me a 100mg Xanax to calm me down! HOLY SHIT!!! Healthcare in America is getting out of control!!! :mad:

http://www.acidflyers.com/tv/bill.jpg

Thats highway robbery :mad:

Don't pay it. What are they going to do send a collection agency?

Yes. And then they'll fuck up your credit.

send some 'collectors' there and take that much from them, then send a check the next day :thumbsup

Dang shit ! Sorry about that man :(

i couldnt even imagine recieving something from the hospital asking for money

sorry to hear man

I got one of those a few years ago, I just called them and told them I could only afford 10 bucks a month, they said no problem, I set it up online checking for 10 bucks a month and paid them off. in a few years

:feels-hot

if u don't have insurance, offer them a cash settlement ~25%
c if they take,
i did that and it worked

LOL, one of the main reasons I got into the healthcare industry.

:Graucho

It's to the point you can't afford to get sick anymore..

I pay $282 a month for health insurance..

To add insult to injury, they also sent me a seperate invoice for $13 for the Xanax!!! :321GFY

Mother Fuckers!

What kind of tests did they run ? My last trip took me for about $3,000

A bit off topic but doesnt it totally frustrate you that your government is blowing billions on a useless war on the other side of the world and you have to pay these amounts when you get sick in your own country as a tax payer?

That's one of the ups about Canada. We don't get anythingl ike that... although there are still those that'll abuse the system :BangBang:

wow sux 2 be u!:(

Wow that sucks... Damn i am glad i have insurance. Now i know why i keep the wife around :)

medical care is so expensive. you gotta have health insurance or you're fucked.

Wow I would hate to see the bill if they would have admitted you overnight. It would prob be 10 times that much.

I had an EKG, several blood tests, and was placed onto a heart monitor.

And Battus, yes, yes it does piss me off!!! :mad:

The health care field has always sucked in the US. it's always been this off the wall.. with our without a war..

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I had surgery three years ago and the bill was $64,000 bucks. this is the killer when i came in the emergency room. they put the socks with tread on it. They said i had to have them so as i do not trip..I would not been able to walk even if i wanted to.

The bill for the socks were $38.00
wtf? the pharmacy bill was 10k
No wonder Insurance premiums are so high!

that sucks ass hard, here in canada it would have cost you 0$

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always like that

insurance = lower price
without insurance = highest fucking price possible

Sure rub it in doober *wink*

So true. Over the last few years, I had to have a lump removed from the side of my face, a lymphnode out of my neck (which ended up causing nerve damage so physical therapy followed) and surgery to re-attach the flexor tendons in my arm. I don't think I spent more than 100.00 between all of those surgeries. The most expensive part was the copays to the doctors for follow-ups. :thumbsup

Get mad.

Once sick - in debts for life :helpme

"We do it because we like people,we do it because we want to help people" never seen a doc like that,I wouldn't even go to hospital if my life depends on that.Those motherfuckers will never make money off me :thumbsup :321GFY

You should send them a letter asing them to "forgive" you of the bill. You have to use the word forgive, they get so much $$ to hahahahaha off.


I know this because my Stepdad is the director of the VA hospital.



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Living in Canada totally has its ups and downs..One of the BIGGEST ups is our kick ass healthcare system. Sorry to hear about that bill babes. Hope your feeling better though!

Why do you think so many people are going to Pre-Med?

The medical field pays well... Real well.

No, what bugs most people more is foreigners who think they have an opinion that counts about the U.S, either move here or eat a dick.

pfft. That's nothing. I pay $950/mo for Blue Cross Blue Shield for insurance for myself, wife and baby. On top of that we pay 50% on prescriptions and have at least a 20% copay. Cry me a river!

Brad

Wow! You mean you hate it when people from one country judge over the other...

How ironic.

When you guys start minding your own business i will mind mine.

Idiot.

that is exactly what they will do, unless you pay ! But it is Highway robbery:2 cents:

That's what I did, too....the last time I was hospitalised...

They also did something else. They asked me if I were the sole support of my family, so I said yes.

They reduced my bill from 15G's to two and I paid them 50 dollars a month until it was bye bye.

Call Social Services at the hospital. They should be able to help you.

According to U.S. Government Statistics:*

- The average national cost of a hospital stay in
2001 was $3,252 per day;
- The average national cost of an appendectomy in
2001 was $14,225; and
- Fixing a child's broken arm in 2000 cost an
average of $8,091.

Yeah they will and fuck it up BIG TIME.....that is robbery:BangBang:

The health system in Quebec is free!
god they suck!