Current Events > "You want to know why people don't seek help? This is why."

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In Australia we pay a 3% medicare levy on top of our normal tax. This entitles us to free hospital and half price doctor visits.

USA is so backwards and corrupt it's embarrasing.
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ColdOne666 posted...

In Australia we pay a 3% medicare levy on top of our normal tax. This entitles us to free hospital and half price doctor visits.

USA is so backwards and corrupt it's embarrasing.

lol if australia is so great why does it have a $20 billion deficit? The hospital is not free when they're just printing money to pay for it aka steal from the savers and give to the takers.

Life is priceless.
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CharlesBronson posted...

ColdOne666 posted...

In Australia we pay a 3% medicare levy on top of our normal tax. This entitles us to free hospital and half price doctor visits.

USA is so backwards and corrupt it's embarrasing.

lol if australia is so great why does it have a $20 billion deficit? The hospital is not free when they're just printing money to pay for it aka steal from the savers and give to the takers.

Whats the deficit for USA?
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It's pretty damn amazing, living in a country where they'll literally let people die if they're poor.
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First of all, the guy is dumb, for a variety of reasons. I'm sure I'd get modded for elaborating any further. Second, "physician charges" that bring my grand total to over $18,000 - Always love a story with, "Oh, yeah! And there was all this other stuff I have no evidence of (which there would be no reason not to have, it's a bill), which makes it even worse!"

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krazychao5 posted...

I don't understand.

Do people actually pay their medical bills?

No. This is one reason medical bills are so high. Nothing happens when you don't pay.
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A two hour stay for heat exhaustion resulted in a $4,000 bill, knocked down to $1,000, for me in July
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Conflict posted...

Kombucha posted...

Yet people still go out in droves to vote (R) so they can protect themselves from the socialist boogieman.

I mean if there's anyone who doesn't give the slightest fuck about mental health it's Republicans

They pretty much think depression is just "weakness"

It's pretty funny how when it comes to gun violence, they instantly jump on the mental health excuse, but don't want to do anything about that either.
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Ray_Dorset posted...

A two hour stay for heat exhaustion resulted in a $4,000 bill, knocked down to $1,000, for me in July

what's your annual out of pocket maximum?

*laughs in europe*

This reads like a copy ravioli but I've convinced myself that it is a true story that happened to the topic creator, and I say that as someone who read the entire opening post word for word including the end of it.
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fenderbender321 posted...

apocalyptic_4 posted...

fenderbender321 posted...

A_Good_Boy posted...

It's OK, because whoever medical bill that belongs too is probably glad they didn't have to pay a couple of dollars in taxes.

A couple of dollars? Try like an extra few thousand dollars a year.

I'd gladly pay a few thousand year compared to the 10's of thousands Americans rack up in health care dept

That is definitely not the norm for Americans. Most Americans never rack up that kind of health care debt. Most Americans don't even have medical bills they are paying off, and most that do don't have extreme amounts that are putting them in financial turmoil.

What do you think is an acceptable number of people to be drowning in debt from medical procedures that were necessary for them to stay alive
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AsAnIndependent posted...

As much as I sympathize you don't get to do a mass shooting. This one showed tact and planning, you can't hide behind mental health after that.

lol this user is banned
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Everytime I try to ask my ultra conservative coworkers to explain and defend shit like this they always fall back to the spiteful "dont get sick/dont be crazy/dont get pregnant" bull shit that defines Trumpers. "Fuck you, I got mine"
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deupd_u posted...

First of all, the guy is dumb, for a variety of reasons. I'm sure I'd get modded for elaborating any further. Second, "physician charges" that bring my grand total to over $18,000 - Always love a story with, "Oh, yeah! And there was all this other stuff I have no evidence of (which there would be no reason not to have, it's a bill), which makes it even worse!"

Third,
krazychao5 posted...

I don't understand.

Do people actually pay their medical bills?

No. This is one reason medical bills are so high. Nothing happens when you don't pay.

Nothing happens? Are you serious? If you don't pay your hospital bills they get sent to a collection agency/law firm that will try to collect from you. I'm sure I don't need to explain the effect that has on your credit, plus depending on where you live they may possibly try to garnish your wages.

What exactly do you mean by nothing happens? It sounds like you're advocating for the return of debtor's prison here, and if that's what you want to "happen" then all I can say is what the actual fuck is wrong with you?
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crazygamer21 posted...

It sounds like you're advocating for the return of debtor's prison here, and if that's what you want to "happen" then all I can say is what the actual fuck is wrong with you?

Wow, crazygamer21 is LITERALLY advocating for genocide? Jesus.

Conflict posted...
Boohoo, you're just salty at me because your Discord was boring AF.
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The medical industrial complex in the US is one of the most corrupt institutions in America, and yes you get punished for seeking help or medical aid.
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