Total bill for my hospital stay last year

[punkncat]

Just for the surgeries themselves, the hospital room, nurses and medication. Not including specialists, surgeons, doctors, etc. for JUST the hospital stay itself from my accident.

$384,000 plus a bit.

[Sumthinwicked]

insurance is your friend

[punkncat]

insurance is your friend

That remains to be seen. All in all, even when the insurance is done paying their part I will be left with a crippling (no pun intended) amount to pay.

[michbich]

How much of that bill you guess will come out of your pockets?

[maniacmechanic]

I'll bet at least 20%

[punkncat]

Right now it's looking like about 140K for this part. Have yet to be billed from Emory for the doctors and specialists themselves.

[Ruler_Mark]

this is the time to consider plan B, mexico.

[trevorjk]

this is the time to consider plan B, mexico.

at least go to brazil, traffic some cocaine for a few years, play some paintball with MSPD and come back in a few years and your gold

[punkncat]

at least go to brazil, traffic some cocaine for a few years, play some paintball with MSPD and come back in a few years and your gold

Lol, that would almost sound like an idea to consider if I didn't have such a conscience. I don't really think I am mean enough to be a successful member of a drug cartel.

[questionful]

My Physics teacher had cancer. It cost a fortune to cure, but he didn't pay a cent. As a teacher, he's completely insured, medically. I wish it could be like that for everybody. I would pay extra taxes to help out people in your situation (though I'm 16 and have never payed taxes).

I think you'll like Mexico. Seriously. It's a lot different than here.

[Hilltop Customs]

why shouldnt it be that way? divide the national cost of heathcare by the number of people in the country, that gives you the amt to pay per person.....its as simple as that if the goverment wouldnt try to take a cut.

say 1 in 100 people had to pay the 384k a year(would be that way if people didnt abuse the system they are in)....that is only $3840 a person. If the rate was 1/1000 had to pay 384k/year then it would drop to $384 a person for yearly heathcare.

Its called bulk discount....its hard to beat if its nation wide......call me a socialist if you want, I'm just looking for the best deal.

[questionful]

Socialism is still suffering from the effects of propaganda.

[skife]

PROTIP: medical bills don't count against your credit.

[Hilltop Customs]

skife: do you really belive that? Having more credit than you can instanly pay off has a negative effect on your credit.....do you really think they dont keep track of your medical bill expendatures and take that into account?

[skife]

skife: do you really belive that? Having more credit than you can instanly pay off has a negative effect on your credit.....do you really think they dont keep track of your medical bill expendatures and take that into account?

thats what i heard, i guess i should change that to "PRO RUMOR"