(U.S.) Just had a baby at the hospital. Total amount billed was $51,215. Comparatively, my Grandmother paid $178 in 1960 for my Mom’s birth. 3 nights costs double than average yearly college room and board.4mo ⋅ Walkend ⋅ r/healthcare
Pov: it's 2050 and you cant take an antibiotic because they don't work anymore.2yr ⋅ say_rugh ⋅ r/healthcare
Why when US healthcare hits other subs it’s invariably for a terrible and avoidable reason?2yr ⋅ ElectronGuru ⋅ r/healthcare
The American healthcare pricing system is the most predatory one ever to exist. Some people are charged $1000 per person per month in premium and won’t even pay a single cent till out of pocket expenses have crossed $4000. The real rulers of America are insurance companies. This needs to change !1yr ⋅ milktankslover ⋅ r/healthcare
Hospitalised in Bali- How much would this realistically have cost in America.3mo ⋅ HallettCove5158 ⋅ r/healthcare
Healthcare costs vary WILDLY by hospital. I've been incredibly furstrated by the lack of price transparency when receiving care. I'm considering the idea of a tool that allows you to compare prices across hospitals. Would such a tool be beneficial? Would love to discuss5mo ⋅ mbadave ⋅ r/healthcare
Am I the only one who thinks healthcare in America is a racket to keep people without insurance poor?1yr ⋅ phoenixfire82 ⋅ r/healthcare
[other] saw this on instagram and thought it was important to share3yr ⋅ OfElephantMonkeys ⋅ r/healthcare
And this is why we dont go to the ER in America. Even with really good insurance like we have.2yr ⋅ Ok-Avocado-5876 ⋅ r/healthcare
Why when US healthcare hits the front page, it’s for a terrible and avoidable reason?2yr ⋅ ElectronGuru ⋅ r/healthcare
Why do we need Universal Healthcare? My deceased brother got this bill in the mail not even two weeks after he passed away. $1200 for CPR.1yr ⋅ Chiksewp421 ⋅ r/healthcare
Kinda know what option I selected for insurance but with all the paperwork I got, the real price of going to the doc is still going to be a surprise.2yr ⋅ AguilaEagle76 ⋅ r/healthcare
$47,000 for a broken arm for my 4yo daughter. Yay insurance, boo monkey bars.1yr ⋅ zmormon ⋅ r/healthcare
My fiancee needed 3 stitches removed on a vacation in Vegas. Well, we thought we went to a urgent care, but found out it was a one floor small emergency room/hospital. So here is the cost to remove 3 stitches from a US hospital!!1yr ⋅ KenRoy312 ⋅ r/healthcare
[News] Norwegian university calls students home from countries with poorly developed health care and infrastructure - like USA.4yr ⋅ dreadfulwhaler ⋅ r/healthcare
Saw this on CBS Sunday Morning. Welcome to American healthcare.2yr ⋅ unoriginalname270 ⋅ r/healthcare
[other] These are iPad stations being prepared for virtual end of life visits at a hospital.3yr ⋅ alicedoesstuff ⋅ r/healthcare
Meanwhile, American health care is forcing children to work so they can afford to live.2yr ⋅ deletedcommas ⋅ r/healthcare
[news] reports now coming in, of our voluntary outbreak testing process...4yr ⋅ ElectronGuru ⋅ r/healthcare
[other] they want to look like they really did me a favor-when it shouldn’t be this way at all2yr ⋅ Odd-Direction298 ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion]Utter mismanagement. We have to brace for the worst over the next two weeks.4yr ⋅ pkoduri ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] When people talk about our healthcare system and how great it is, remind them about the chaos of the 1800s when fire departments were private businesses.3yr ⋅ BeerBaronofCourse ⋅ r/healthcare
Added my wife to my employer's insurance plan, seriously cost this much?3wk ⋅ Justb___ ⋅ r/healthcare
Is this an itemized bill? I’ve been asking for one for months from the hospital I went to and this is all I got.2yr ⋅ moeterminatorx ⋅ r/healthcare
[Other] Guess which country does not have universal healthcare, to ensure that all residents have access to care in case of a pandemic.2yr ⋅ Die_Horen ⋅ r/healthcare
People in the UK debating the virtues of US style healthcare [discussion]4yr ⋅ ElectronGuru ⋅ r/healthcare
[Other] The United States spends twice as much as most other developed countries on health care per person, yet is outperformed in almost every health outcome. Source: Gruber, Jonathan. Public Finance and Public Policy, 6e. New York, Worth Publishers, 2019.3yr ⋅ milk_man___ ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion]- Great guide to help people, outside the industry, understand Who's Who in a Hospital4yr ⋅ grumpapotomus ⋅ r/healthcare
What prescription drug coverage looks like to a person with a well managed medical condition. Top sheet is a medication run through employer insurance. Bottom is the exact same medication ran through Medicaid. The system is broken.2yr ⋅ Xichlali ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] Socialised Healthcare in Australia. A person only needs to pay $41.00AUD for medication that costs $5889.66AUD . Thoughts?3yr ⋅ dankerdude ⋅ r/healthcare
[discussion] This bottle of nasal spray costs over 200$ in the US. I live in Greece and if you are uninsured you get it for free.3yr ⋅ ScrambledMesh ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] Where did we go wrong as a country and why do they deserve these obscene salaries?4yr ⋅ pkoduri ⋅ r/healthcare
I had too much to drink and was sent to the ER. Do the charges look right and is there a way to lower the facility charge?1yr ⋅ hcheong808 ⋅ r/healthcare
[discussion] of different approaches to viral testing during a pandemic4yr ⋅ ElectronGuru ⋅ r/healthcare
At the “super hospital” in Montreal, Canada (where there’s government subsidised healthcare)1yr ⋅ LtenN-Lion ⋅ r/healthcare
$9k charge for a shoulder MRI. Can they do this? It’s nowhere close an average cost in the US. What options do I have to challenge this? My insurance covered most but this is an exorbitant amount of money for this service.2yr ⋅ pinacolada12345 ⋅ r/healthcare
I need someone to confirm that I’m not crazy, and that this IS NOT the itemized bill that I asked collections to send me. Because there are no items on the bill .... only prices2yr ⋅ Fuzzypinkpeach007 ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] This is the cost of 3 months worth of insulin in the United States.5yr ⋅ Blackthorn30 ⋅ r/healthcare
My liver has at least 30 masses on it and I need them removed by a specialist. I'm uninsured and looking for just about anything that'll help me with the cost.2yr ⋅ Cute_Spide ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] You can say whatever you want about universal healthcare, but the fact that you have to stress over calling an ambulance proves it’s superior5yr ⋅ TheHudek ⋅ r/healthcare
just received a bill for 7 stitches i got over a month ago.. oh yeah, forgot to mention that i filed for workers comp. should i be worried?2yr ⋅ projekt626 ⋅ r/healthcare
You work in healthcare. A fellow coworker (unknown) has looked into your own patient medical chart. How would you proceed? What actions would you take? I am looking for solid advice.2mo ⋅ meowmeow0918 ⋅ r/healthcare
Sterilization methods and effectiveness rates for reuse of N95 Masks [Discussion]4yr ⋅ The_Greyscale ⋅ r/healthcare
Dear Quest: you charged ~$1500. I offered to self-pay half to you instead of paying COBRA. You declined. after paying COBRA I owe you $150. This is why healthcare is broken.1yr ⋅ yelldawg ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] Doctor charging $400 annual fee. Anyone else receive something like this from their doctor? What a horrible time to be charging more for medical.3yr ⋅ mnbradford87 ⋅ r/healthcare
Am I being charged for my COVID vaccine? I can’t understand this charge. [Question - Insurance]2yr ⋅ angelad153 ⋅ r/healthcare
American healthcare at it’s finest. (I have PPO heal insurance) [Other]3yr ⋅ hip_hop_opotimus ⋅ r/healthcare
My retail job at the mall just gave me another yearly raise...meanwhile I just graduated as a Medical Assistant making $16. I feel so hurt getting scammed it just hit me..2yr ⋅ cvsket ⋅ r/healthcare
My question keeps getting removed from subreddits, hopefully, this is the right place. What is the current point of HIPAA in America?2yr ⋅ No-Pomegranate4735 ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] Selling wedding ring to cover hospital bill when cancer returned4yr ⋅ HelenEk7 ⋅ r/healthcare
I never get the fun urines, but when I do I am alone with noone to show it to.2yr ⋅ say_rugh ⋅ r/healthcare
Seems a bit outrageous for basic HIV Screening, but does this mean my insurance didn’t cover?1yr ⋅ Current-Weather-9561 ⋅ r/healthcare
[USA] Why is my (Connecticut-based) company – with about ~200 local employees but no offices or operations in Texas – offering healthcare plans only through BCBS of Texas?5mo ⋅ ProfessorPeePeeFace ⋅ r/healthcare
John Legend chimes in on healthcare: ...the so-called 'market' for healthcare is so opaque, there are few if any perfectly informed consumers. And no one can predict what healthcare they'll need in the future. [Discussion]4yr ⋅ Passit2Madden ⋅ r/healthcare
The hospital bill for the birth of my grandma. The cost of a birth (plus a week long hospital stay) in 1936 was $46.98. That's about $900 in 2018 money.6yr ⋅ SanPadrigo ⋅ r/healthcare
Does anybody know if the US really have free national Healthcare? I looked it up, but came across websites about the NHS or pros and cons to implementing universal Healthcare in the US, but nothing that indicates that we actually have it.2yr ⋅ That-Syrup-7104 ⋅ r/healthcare
If anyone wants to know what it's like in America here is the prices for the state funded free clinic6mo ⋅ jkvf1026 ⋅ r/healthcare
Price list in Singapore Emergency Room visible before going inside. We even got a price estimate for the whole visit once the diagnosis was made [Discussion]5yr ⋅ karlbecker_com ⋅ r/healthcare
The exact same medication. $394 in most pharmacies in the USA. $48 in Jordan.6yr ⋅ firasrabi ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] This just makes more sense. Once they see what they are loosing in revenue things will change.3yr ⋅ justscrollingbi ⋅ r/healthcare
[Question - Other] As a dispenser I find these packaging a godsend, why can't all medication have an easy way of separating each individual pill?3yr ⋅ Hasoon_9 ⋅ r/healthcare
[Other] my physician experience working in US healthcare. Brutal but to the point.5yr ⋅ VoodooBat ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] Wouldn't it be great if the cost of healthcare in the US made literally any sense at all? This was one simple procedure with more than a $1200 difference in cost when paying with insurance versus paying out of pocket.6yr ⋅ calyank1184 ⋅ r/healthcare
What do the abbreviations mean? And for the pricing costs shown, would you consider as rip off health insurance?1yr ⋅ westmaxia ⋅ r/healthcare
Hospital charged a huge fee for an ultrasound procedure, is there any way to reduce the cost even if insurance already paid a lot of it? I still owe $929 for what I thought was usually way more affordable of a procedure (looking for ovarian cysts)1yr ⋅ whyinternet ⋅ r/healthcare
This should be illegal (blue cross blue shield of illinois marketplace ppo) [Other]3yr ⋅ RnGRamen85 ⋅ r/healthcare
Been arguing with americans about free healthcare, u just know it when you try it :)1yr ⋅ PaigeSad64 ⋅ r/healthcare
[Question - Insurance]: My half hour allergy shot appointment cost 22k, and now I owe 3k - what are my options?5yr ⋅ lalanew79 ⋅ r/healthcare
Had to go to emergency medical center got this bill from them, requested itemized waiting on that, all I got was this what they say is owed to my deductible, anything else I should do to avoid costs?1yr ⋅ wishihadaps42 ⋅ r/healthcare
Can someone explain this math? Something tells me it shouldn’t subtract to $01yr ⋅ poopguru ⋅ r/healthcare
Not sure if this is for employees or employers but its a construction contractor company. But if I were to get hired as an employee would I pay a minimum of $230 for just health insurance? Seems kind of high1yr ⋅ UzimakiRasengan ⋅ r/healthcare
Just got approved for medi-cal. Is there any tips on knowing the difference between these things or how to choose what’s best? Previously came from Kaiser. I suffer from IBS, fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, autism, and probably ADD too.1yr ⋅ ReillyCharlesNelson ⋅ r/healthcare
I went for a regular skin allergy prick test and this is what I was billed for the visit. Can someone tell me if this is a normal cost for a regular skin prick allergy test? I am not even allergic to anything; I got it as a precaution thinking I would owe a couple hundred, not a couple thousand.2yr ⋅ kaykakis ⋅ r/healthcare
[Discussion] This is what 1074€ of antimigrane medicine looks like in Finland (total out of pocket cost 2,50€)4yr ⋅ HelenEk7 ⋅ r/healthcare
Orphan drugs for treating rare diseases - FDA approval numbers on the up [News]6yr ⋅ TSCOfficial ⋅ r/healthcare
foolproof preparation strategy for the USA October 1st deadline [x-post r/adviceanimals]9yr ⋅ friedbunnies ⋅ r/healthcare
[Question - Insurance] What is it I don't get about healthcare claims? 2 charges for a single flu shot?5yr ⋅ usepseudonymhere ⋅ r/healthcare
Just got this: 47%, not 22%. I was having trouble affording the $220. I could afford the $320 if I didn't eat for 12 days a month.8yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/healthcare
[Question - Insurance] Is this normal for a $7-8000 deductible at age 30, healthy, making under 20k?5yr ⋅ xkillernovax ⋅ r/healthcare
The Percentage of Spending Covered by ACA Exchange Plans by Spending Level6yr ⋅ mustacheriot ⋅ r/healthcare
Australian Healthcare - My wife had her colon removed in a private hospital. She was there 5 days. It only cost us $500. This is an example of our claims record.10yr ⋅ syvergy ⋅ r/healthcare
I had my second child 5 months ago and the hair loss is massive. How can I help my hair?8yr ⋅ anika3387 ⋅ r/healthcare
So I had the opportunity to open up an Epipen, and this is inside of one.11yr ⋅ CenturiusEXL ⋅ r/healthcare
