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In 2009, I badly broke my wrist and needed surgery. My premium was 250 per month for my family and the whole ordeal cost me 2500. Since the ACA, my premium has gone up to $700, and my deductible is $7500 per person per calendar year(not 12mo rolling like it used to be). Basically the only plan I can afford.
At the start 2014, I had ZERO debt, other than my mortgage. I even owned my vehicles outright. In 2014 my son broke his tib playing at recess at school, requiring surgery, In 2016 I Broke my spinous process at C6&7 racing, which obviously maxed my deductible(stayed 1 night in the hospital). This year my son had a crash and broke several bones requiring an ambulance ride and a 5 hour stay at the trauma unit. I figure out the bill from the trauma unit, and it worked out to $94 per minute($27,000!). Net result: In 4 years I have paid $33,600 in premiums, and currently have $18,000 in medical bill debt, that I get 4-5 calls per day on. This is the reward you get in this country for owning a small business and trying provide for your family and those you employee.
Maybe I should start a gofundme? ;-) Oh that's right, I have too much pride to do that.
But I also know someone who it helped immensely, he owns a body shop, his wife was a nurse. She got laid off, they signed up since they couldn't afford COBRA coverage, and a few months later she got diagnosed with cancer, they said otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to afford health insurance.
Free healthcare motherfuckers
This is a man who had one job for the federal government and paid insurance on the same plan for more than 50 years. I consider us lucky compared to some. A broke population is too busy working to survive to challenge the lawmaking/corporate elite.
My BCBS 'bill total' was $600,000. (Spinal fusion, multiple rib fractures, pneumothorax, lacerated spleen).
I paid out about 1%
The 'true total' was probably 1/10th that.
You want to fix healthcare? Step 1 is to force truth-in-billing. As it is, both the hospital and the insurance company benefit off of our backs.
Pit Row
Three separate surgeries over 15 yrs odd, never saw a single bill.
Beaches aren't bad either!
My mom broke her hip and arm not that long ago. Had to do a hip replacement. Two surgeries (arm and hip)2 weeks in a hospital. We paid 114 eur out of pocket.
It's prob not as simple as this but to my limited knowledge I'd rather pay for a poor kids care than a rich kids BMW..
In other words I'd rather pay taxes to a government than pay premiums to a company..
J Alessi keep enjoying 2 wheels.
If you can give classes to make money to catch up and keep your bikes to go racing in 18. Couldn't you give classes or sell your bikes to re pay the people that bailed you out before you go racing??? Quite a selfish response if you ask me. Believe me I am a giver but it's typically to those that can't actually help themselves. Can't stand this whole poor me, help me out society we live in when I get my ass out of bed every day to go to work to help "poor me"!
Surely Should have been covered under his fathers policy until 26...
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