Today, I realized how cheap I am when I blacked out at a water park and some one yelled "Call 911!" I tried to mutter out "No, that's too expensive!" FML
extremereviews tells us more.
Hello everyone! Yes I do have insurance, but the last time a friend of mine needed an ambulance the bill was still over $1500 after insurance. Also yes, in America you do have to pay when you go to the hospital. Luckily the water park just so happened to be built directly next to a fire station, so they just wheeled me over there and treated me on site. I was very dehydrated, and when I blacked out I was actually in line to get a water from the concession stand but I had been waiting in line for over 30 minutes in the heat which didn't help.
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chaseafterwind82 29
'You'll have to pry my wallet from my cold, dead hands!'
iwanttogotoparis 26
At least you're smart with your money
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Comments (131)
plan_Z 14
And people kicked off in the US over free health care and yet this seems to show that the current system stateside is dangerous. At least in the UK I only pay for prescriptions as my taxes pay my healthcare.
Stooby61 18
And even then, you only actually have to pay a nominal price for your prescriptions.
writerchic85 26
They charge you to have 911 called? That's insane.
Levvy 22
Not for the call itself, but for the ambulance ride, yep. And since insurance companies get to haggle prices, out-of-pocket costs for anything related to medicine are purposefully set far higher than their actual value - even when there is no insurance company involved ready to haggle it down.
echarlotte 19
It makes me sick that you guys have to pay for your own ambulances
RoseLich 17
Assuming you're not from America. I recall a story of a 20-year old American man posting his hospital bill online (over $55,000), and it was compared to an Australian, Canadian, and Malaysian bill. Those three paid less than $100, combined.
mikuxxhatsune 32
Thats true, in Australia my dad had a stroke and my mum had to pay for the $200 ambulance. Obviously not as much as $650 but still quite alot.
heyLaddieHey 18
I would do the exact same thing sadly enough. I hope you do have insurance however, and are able to set aside money for health emergencies like this!
RealSuperSand 21
Here's all you need to know about how ****** the American health care system is. There's a TV show about a guy who turns to cooking industrial quantities of meth just to pay his hospital bills.
MidnaLink 35
Maybe we shouldn't use Breaking Bad as an example.
PePziNL 20
European Breaking Bad: It's about a teacher who gets diagnosed with cancer, and gets cured with free healthcare from his insurance. The end.
iwadasn 33
European Breaking Bad: It's about a teacher who gets diagnosed with cancer and dies while he's still waiting and waiting for treatment.
Helldemon 32
Even less when you consider min. wage over there is almost double ours.
Saikon1357 25
To be fair. And ambulance ride is like $1,200 in texas
apcsox 18
**** that. I'll walk to the hospital, just for the ambulance to show up costs you $2500 out of your pocket..... Thanks obamacare!
interesting33 37
That is crazy - is that because of Obamacare? I thought Obamacare was meant to make things cheaper?
artistswife 19
It does make it cheaper. Obviously they don't have obamacare
lsutigers527 5
No, it raises monthly insurance costs
allplayedout 20
I'll bet good money OP is in the coverage gap. That's something to thank Rick Perry for, not Obama.
tbro47 23
That's not being cheap, the one ambulance ride I was in was literally about 5 blocks in distance and it cost 700 bucks