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Another "fun way to lose money" is for example to get bitten by a wild animal. I am originally from a country where rabies shots are free. But here in an ER the
by xpl 2y ago
Another "fun way to lose money" is for example to get bitten by a wild animal. I am originally from a country where rabies shots are free. But here in an ER they could easily charge you $15k for that, which I was truly shocked about.
...or even $100k:
https://abc7news.com/rabies-shot-hospital-bill-vacaville-ca-couple-northbay-healthcare-vacavalley/12788545/ https://abc7news.com/rabies-shot-hospital-bill-vacaville-ca-...
- Riseed 2y agoRelated article quote about a bear attack: "Literally, as I was being eaten by a wild beast, I wasn't thinking about Jesus or my family or my son. I was thinking my insurance was not going to pay for this," she told The Independent. "I had to make this calculus as I was being eaten, 'Do I want to survive this?' Not, 'Can I survive this?' Not, 'What am I going to look like?'" [0] In an AMA, she said that the worst part of the bear attack wasn't the bear attack, but dealing with her health insurance. [1] [0] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-election/bear-attack-allena-hansen-face-bernie-sanders-healthcare-insurance-2020-election-super-tuesday-a9370156.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-electio... [1] https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1byn1l/i_was_mauled_by_a_bear_fought_it_off_and_drove_4/ https://old.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1byn1l/i_was_mauled_b...