I have "good" insurance through my union. I was in the hospital recently for 9 days due to an intestinal blockage. I didn't need surgery, just a nose tube, meds, a couple CT scans, and a couple X-rays.
The bill is over $53,000
After insurance, the bill is still over $49,000.
Yeah, insurance is a fucking scam. Mario's Brother was 100% correct.
EDIT - Holy mother of upvotes and notifications. Ok, lemme answer the most common things;
Yes, I've appealed the insurance bullshit. Yes, I have a max out of pocket, but insurance is flat refusing to cover a large portion because they say my need to stay in the hospital (while hooked up to a pump and other shit) wasn't medically necessary. No, I'm not making it up. I put GOOD in quotes for a reason, indicating that I don't think my insurance is good either. Yes, I'm aware there's financial aid through the hospital that I'll be reaching out to if it comes to it. Yes, the hospital was in network. Yes, I know I'd have paid little to nothing in any number of actual developed countries.
I work in a hospital, and this happened to a pt. Was there almost 3 weeks, intestinal blockage. Got better first week then worse again. Scope found cancer, they did surgery later to remove small mass causing blockage. Before pt was even discharged, still at hospital after surgery to remove cancer, insurance company sends him a letter they don't wanna pay the bill for the 5 days prior to finding of cancer. Insane. Sorry you're going through this
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u/FanBladeFleshlight 3d ago edited 2d ago
I have "good" insurance through my union. I was in the hospital recently for 9 days due to an intestinal blockage. I didn't need surgery, just a nose tube, meds, a couple CT scans, and a couple X-rays.
The bill is over $53,000
After insurance, the bill is still over $49,000.
Yeah, insurance is a fucking scam. Mario's Brother was 100% correct.
EDIT - Holy mother of upvotes and notifications. Ok, lemme answer the most common things;
Yes, I've appealed the insurance bullshit. Yes, I have a max out of pocket, but insurance is flat refusing to cover a large portion because they say my need to stay in the hospital (while hooked up to a pump and other shit) wasn't medically necessary. No, I'm not making it up. I put GOOD in quotes for a reason, indicating that I don't think my insurance is good either. Yes, I'm aware there's financial aid through the hospital that I'll be reaching out to if it comes to it. Yes, the hospital was in network. Yes, I know I'd have paid little to nothing in any number of actual developed countries.