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Gamer99z posted...

I mean it's the #1 cause of debt in the US.
Even minor shit is expensive as fuck if you don't have insurance. iirc @green_butter (Sorry if I got any details wrong or you're not the right poster lol.) was charged almost $2000 for a CT scan when he went to the hospital because his IBS was acting up and he had severe stomach pain. And his insurance only covered like $1000 or something like that.

ya it was close to 2k

getting a referral alone cost $300+ and that was just to speak with a doctor for maybe 2 minutes (not exaggerating).

and then my insurance said they only paid X amount of the claim for checkup procedures like CT scans, endoscopies, etc. the rationale being that different places charge different rates for say, an endoscopy, so they do like $500 flat for these procedures and you have to pay the rest
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