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Novel coronavirus test for Miami man leads to $3,275 bill
- dredmorbius 7y agoOriginal shows permission errors currently. Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20200225052130/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article240476806.html https://web.archive.org/web/20200225052130/https://www.miami...
- ldng 7y agoI really hope covid-19 does not breakout in the US. Or we'll all get to see the dark side of US healthcare..
- yummypaint 7y agoIf a large portion of the population got hit simultaneously with riddiculous bills like this it might set the stage for mass civil disobedience and actual reform. Part of why the status quo has held is because of the isolation and shame of financial hardship from medical bills. Its fundamentally a divide-and-conquer dynamic, where people have almost no collective leverage.
- bfrog 7y agoWelcome to murica
- dredmorbius 7y agoHealthcare is not a private concern of individuals. It is a public concern, of the community, and the common weal, at large. (This is an ... interesting ... reprisal of a statement I'd made long ago before a private healthcare exec. I was inexplicably hired regardless.)