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IF you have good insurance the co-pay is trivial. I broke a bone, total of $80 in copay. Someone with worse insurance is looking at a bill in the $1000's or ev
by Balero 8y ago
IF you have good insurance the co-pay is trivial. I broke a bone, total of $80 in copay.
Someone with worse insurance is looking at a bill in the $1000's or even $10,000
- foldr 8y agoIt's the unexpected things that get you, though. I had to have a few emergency room visits for rabies shots, and ended up paying about $1500. I don't really know how to measure how "good" my insurance was, but I was working at a university in MA, so I expect the policy was at least decent. (The rabies vaccine is very expensive. The theoretical cost of the treatment, which the insurance company theoretically paid, was about $30,000.)
- Balero 8y agoFunnily in the UK with the NHS it's again the unexpected things. In this case it's paying for parking, it adds up quick, especially if your'e visiting someone who's in hospital for a while.
- foldr 8y agoThis incident happened a couple of weeks before I was due to move back to the UK. The NHS gave me my final rabies shot for free at my GP's surgery. I walked there, so I didn't pay parking, but I'm guessing it would have cost less than $1500.
- noir_lord 8y agoIt's a measure of the success of the NHS that people complain about paying to park to go visit someone getting free at the point of us socialized healthcare.
- sgt101 8y agoMy hospital sold me a week long pass for £10 when my dad was ill
- maccard 8y ago> I broke a bone, total of $80 in copay. And if I break a bone, or my partner breaks a bone, there's _no_ copay. I can certainly think of things I'd rather do with $80 than pay for the privilege of claiming on insurance.