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The title is clickbait; the bill total is not what is generally paid by the patients (whether nothing be paid at all in such cases, is a separate topic): > On
by pizza234 4y ago
The title is clickbait; the bill total is not what is generally paid by the patients (whether nothing be paid at all in such cases, is a separate topic):
> On average, hospital emergency departments charged $3,551 for urgent medical care coded as caused by sexual violence. People who were sexually assaulted while pregnant faced even steeper bills, with an average of $4,553. Uninsured victims or those who chose to pay themselves were served bills that averaged $3,673.
> the study found that insured victims paid an average of 14 percent of their bills out-of-pocket, which for the average bill would work out to nearly $500.
> [...] Among the 112,844 records, an estimated 17,842 victims were expected to pay their hospital bills themselves.
- verall 4y agoYour own quotes suggest around 15% of victims are expected to pay the value quotes in the headline on average. I wouldn't call that clickbait...
- junofan 4y ago“served bills” is not the same thing as “costs” when it comes to processing uninsured claims. The headline is clickbait.
- MisterSandman 4y agoIt is not clickbait, it does cost that much in medical bills, and 85% of people will have their insurance cover a part of that.
- As_You_Wish 4y agoIt's clickbait if the headline implies that the person pays 100% of the cost. The title should read, in your way of saying it, "Medical Bills Are $3500, but Most Pay $500 and Insurance Covers the Rest for 85% of Women."
- pizza234 4y agoThe title can be interpreted in two ways. It could be interpreted as the cost to the end payer (either patient or insurance). In this case, it's clickbait, because it doesn't represent what the patients pay, but still, it causes a stir, because readers will think that it does (as a matter of fact, some comments make this assumption). It could be otherwise interpreted as the cost to the patients. In this case, since only a fraction of the users pay the whole bill, and the rest pays a fraction of the bill, the average is far below the full bill. For this reason, this is also a case of clickbait.
- beej71 4y agoEven so, most Americans can't afford an unexpected $400 medical bill.