>3) You can be charged just for sitting in a waiting room I once fainted during a comedy show because the comedian was talking about his wife almost dying in s

>3) You can be charged just for sitting in a waiting room I once fainted during a comedy show because the comedian was talking about his wife almost dying in surgery in graphic detail and I got nauseous and fainted. I woke up outside the comedy club up against a wall with an ambulance there. They basically took my blood pressure and gave me a bottle of water then asked if I wanted to go to the hospital. I declined. I still received a $3000 emergency services bill later... Apparently they checked my ID/insurance when I passed out and somehow I ended up with a bill even though I declined service. In contrast, I once hit my head on a train in France and had a huge gash that needed stitches. I took a taxi to an ER, got seen within 20 minutes, left the ER within 90 minutes, then had a $50 Euro bill. The contrast between "socialized" healthcare in Europe vs privatized healthcare in the US is shocking. We receive far, far, far worse quality and fewer services despite paying a lot more. We're in the worst of all situations.