buttcreambandit
153590
2916
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I feel like there’s something wrong with me but I know for sure I don’t have the money to be seen let alone pay for treatment if something is
Oct 17, 2021 1:01 AM
buttcreambandit
153590
2916
79
I feel like there’s something wrong with me but I know for sure I don’t have the money to be seen let alone pay for treatment if something is
fruityrainbowsprinkles
My wildest fantasy is being able to afford health care and dental care. We have been going broke trying to pay for our kids teeth lol.
pariah76
Tell me you're an American without telling me you're an American.
kingvamp
I got 9 bags of blood transfusions 1500 dollars per bag on my bill. Doesn’t people donate that shit and then they sell it? Lol
DaveMeowthewz
I would find 20 homeless people and rent an apartment for each of them for a year.
ThrilIhouse
Hahahahayourcountryisbrokenahahaha
Polsnulspace
Sadly most countries are.
MegPintDear
If you are American, I hope it is a big jackpot.
Ozracer
America is not all that .
ThatGuyFromJustSouthOfTheMiddleOfNowhere
Why blow your entire winnings in one place?
Nuonaton
Same. Just had a food poisoning episode... Wife wanted me to go to doctor, I begged to go home. we haven't got the money for a doctor visit.
buttcreambandit
Ya I will die in my home before going to a doctor and crippling myself in debt
EchoWhiskyBravo
Why would you go to the hospital for a checkup?
ILikeRespondingWithWillSmithGifs
I’m tired of being sick and punished for not having “health care” I want to feel better.
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GlobalConstitution4all
@OP, if you’re poor enough, it’s free. Theres a video floating around. Google your hospitals financial aid policy.
buttcreambandit
I’m not, I’m poor enough to have dirt cheap insurance but that doesn’t wave hospital fees which are the real killer, insured or not
Nyshie
Wow a full checkup? That's pretty steep, you might want to take an uber there to be safe.
suspectbucket
Take your lotto money to Mexico for fine dental work
Its332amAndMyDogNeedsAWalk
Don’t do it, you’d just go broke again. Move to Spain or something. Much healthier.
RipleyTadpole
Same bro
Gremlynn4023
step 1: pay debts. step 2: fine tune the body. step 3: a nice but modest house and car. Step 4: buy every model+size of Bad Dragon toys.
adhdninja
If you win the lottery, go to another country to get checked. America will take everything you own regardless of the health issue.
Lastluke
wolfcunt
Want one worse? Even if you won the lottery, you still couldn't do that because the hospitals are at capacity.
JuxtaposeIsANeatWord
Nah, you’re obviously a confused lower class person. The rich are still allowed to pay to get all the necessities we must struggle for
wolfcunt
Nah, that's a private practice. Hospitals don't care. I watched multimillionaires get the same sass in the pre-plague days.
adamlane1
Maybe that’s the exact problem.. go to the fucking doctor’s office for a check up and save the hospital unless you’re dying or missing limbs
theangryjanitor
The worst thing about medicaid is people treating you like the low person they think you are.
HereticNoNumber
Wage slave is still a slave. In states at least =P
StrangePaegan
I’ve had that with some providers but I eventually found some good docs that were thrilled I’d be a steady customer, instead of hating me.
StrangePaegan
Nevermind, I was thinking of my Medicare/Medicaid program. Just state aid gets you some D-student docs who resent the poor.
theangryjanitor
The guy asked me more questions about my living arrangements 5han he did my health. He thought my tan ment I was homeless
WalksTheSky
America:
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DCA4242
That would require some level of self-reflection
TeenageMutantNinjaAbortedFetuses
That’s more for corporate America and our politicians. American ppl want the change and been asking for it for decades. Yet our leaders 1/?
unfamiliarHorse
perhaps the stormtropper want change as well...
TeenageMutantNinjaAbortedFetuses
Don’t help the ppl they were elected by since big money rules politics. 2/2
xXxSTEVOxXx
Are we the dystopia?
gunshowzero
…now that you’re caught up…
digdoodler
The most American response: 1. Pay off school loans 2. Full doctors & dentists checkups 3. Now that you're rich you don't have to pay taxes
thatguyfromny
What are you going to do with the remaining fifty cents?
annonymouse211
Buy 0.0000000001 Bitcoin
PianoMan2112
Make initial tax payments on the lottery, which is taxable income.
rebelcoil
Wait... the lottery doesn't pay the tax in USA?
PianoMan2112
Nope, but we don’t have to answer a skill-based question, either. (For those who don’t know, the question is like 18-7=? )
thatguyfromny
Well, hell! If we could do math we wouldn't be playing the lottery!
Whiskers7
No idea for sure but seeing what it's like there, wouldn't surprise me if the lottery paid and also the winner... And the govt double dips
IW42
Depending on the state, lottery winnings are exempt from state income taxes. Not federal taxes, though.
Goldensands
Huh.. isn’t the point of a lottery to help the state fund things? That’s my understanding of it here anyways. Scandi.
IW42
A part of the gross revenue goes to fund the government (usually schools, but sometimes into the general fund; again, depends on state).
KevorkianScarf
It works that way in Oregon. Taxable state and federal income. Helps fund a lot
darkweji
As a fellow American, I would do the same
LupusLilium
Honestly not just because I've avoided going to the doctors, but because with fuck you levels of money -I'd- dictate what the doctors think
LupusLilium
is needed or not. Full body scan? Fuck yeah that's what I'm here for. Having them run genetic testing for common, uncommon, and the rarer
LupusLilium
genetic diseases they've got available tests for? Hell yeah, but also shit because that's probably a bunch of needle pricks. Running vitamin
LupusLilium
and nutrition tests to see what I might be lacking in or overtaking? Goddammit more blood draws.
BurningVeryImportantThings
teeth 100 the next fucking day! I'm just waiting on SHIBU to take off to get mine fixed
BabyWitchErika
I'm canadian, and it's my first step as well. I wanna get checked for low risk but potentialy fucky things.
Cryxjon
I have the same fantasy, "take the fam to the doc" shouldn't be the answer to "whatcha doing with the winnings?" Welcome to America
coffeebaby
I daydream about being able to quit my job and get on Medicaid so I can get free healthcare.
goodisunpopular
I would finish paying off my car 1st then go to the doctor incase I'll need to sell the car after the medical bills come in.
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
I've fantasized about this as well. Finally, being able to identify and fix whats wrong with me. Oh good lord... What a nice fantasy. And
key1984
I daydream about this too! I know I need surgery but there is no way I can afford it. Too pissed at US health care to start a go-fund me
Kbantar
My partner has needed surgery for coming up on 2 years. Her health is just steadily getting worse. :(
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
it is, of course, a fantasy.. because we don't actually live in a first world nation.
darkweji
Ramen. I have a pile of medical debt right now. It’s sucks
UpAloft
Ramen... may delicious food and financial/ medical/ housing stability find you fellow struggling imgur friend. Ramen...
kickmyballsrealhard
Depending on what state you’re in, medical debt might not affect your credit score. It doesn’t in MN, I haven’t paid my medical bills in yrs
EaNasirsExcellentHighGradeCopper
unfortunately you can really only get medical debt from ER visits, pretty much everyone else demands upfront payment.
forneverban
I would hire an executive doctor.
cardinal29
"Concierge Medicine"
frischcode
My daughter broke her ankle at the end of July. $80,000 in bills (so far).
monkeymantpz
I broke my leg also at the end of July at work. Near the end of recovery. This gives me an idea of what it would have cost without workcomp.
NinjaGrizzlyBear
My dad has cancer and on paper we are currently around $850k...thankfully he has Medicare. Rather him not have cancer though.
Goldensands
Good god. My dad had cancer and thats fking enough. I’m so sorry you have to deal with this shit. It wasn’t just free here, it was paid time
Goldensands
Off for him, because of course it fking was: my dads paid taxes for decades. His company going under is not in the interest of anyone.
UpvoteTotem
WHAT!!!???
frischcode
First EOB was eye popping.
itsahorse
I don't understand how Americans defend this system. It's not right!
MrHailstone
had a ligament tear in my foot after falling down some steps on New years because i Was drunk. 25€ for ankle support bandage. Healthcare!
wthamidoinghere
That's insane I bet you are insured and they are just raping them.
frischcode
Correct.
Lowland
The only way to change this is to vote differently
usernamemustbe4characterslonng
Damn that’s a bad break. PT is expensive :(
sadurdaynight
Billing people in a timely fashion should be the law. Bills showing up weeks / months later is bullshit. Never know when it ends.
JinxRocks
Dad passed in feb of 2019 - just got a bill two weeks ago from the hospital. It’s awful.
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
The problem is the insurance companies.
Punk1209
I got bills for my kids birth 5 years after the fact. Legit.
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NinjaGrizzlyBear
Jesus it took them 5yrs to figure out if it was your kid? Lol
Comet260
I would not pay at that point. Fuck 'em.
Punk1209
I didn’t. Lol.
Exyr
I broke my hand a year ago. Cast, xray, meds...in and out in an hour 500$ no insurance.
UpvoteTotem
Where
Exyr
California
frischcode
Overnight stay, surgery and hardware.
hillaryslegsarebeingdigested
As someone who had a severe break with hardware resulting in PTSD...please put trigger warnings before posting graphic xrays.
Dacricket
I have an x-ray somewhere that looks similar.
Exyr
Yeah that hardware gets expensive 80k still seems excessive.
frischcode
That was the "total". And before insurance. But yeah. It was an outrageously big number.
Exyr
Well I hope she is okay and that given that obscene dollar amount that you are not fucked financially.
3wattbulb
I had the same breaks and hardware when I crashed my bike, plus a few more serious injuries. Glad I didn't have to cover those bills.
3wattbulb
Month in hospital too!
stillnotawake
How to say you're American without saying it.
Wulph421
Tell me you live in a dystopia without telling me you live in a dystopia
VaultGirl69
Some Americans who get a diagnosis commit suicide so they don't put their family in debt for treatment. Very dystopian, indeed.
SecondSince
I call it Peak Capitalism...
VaultGirl69
Whatever it is it's fucking terrible. My mom said yesterday this is a safe country. I just laughed... As long as her bubble is ok she's ok..
MarijuanaGrandee
Is that what they call "American Dream"?
Comet260
No, the rich live that. The rest of us have to deal with the American nightmare.
JeanPaulMars
The American Dream: Because your brain must be asleep to believe it.
ICheckUsernameAndSuch
So fucking depressingly true
HotsauceIsLethal
Please check out healthcare.gov if you dont have insurance! Most plans are covered by premium tax credits
PastaLaPizzaBaby
665NeighborOfTheBeast
Ouch!!
Suplexinato
So true
noctynight
Amen.
marquettegoldeneagles
Word.
Suplexinato
"IDK what's wrong with me but if I find out imma be paying bungo bucks so best to just hope we're ok! Positive attitude!"
olegh
Yeah, as a swede, this concept of a "checkup" is really foreign and perhaps especially american.
EchoWhiskyBravo
You guys don’t visit your doctor from time to time to run tests?
olegh
2 Maybe I'm just patting myself on the back but I think checkups is in large part a consequence of for-profit healthcare. Check out...
olegh
Nope, we don't do (semi-)regular checkups just "to be safe".
EchoWhiskyBravo
Yeah, I just checked. Y’all have like twice the rate of prostrate cancer deaths than the US. You guys should really do checkups.
olegh
Do we though? Or is it a 5 year survival rate rather than mortality? If you have the link I'm curious
olegh
3 "epidemic of fake disease" by Medlife Crisis on youtube. Making people worry is a way to access their wallet.
EchoWhiskyBravo
What would you care, if your healthcare is paid for by the govt?