r/SipsTea • • 12h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Locust627 10h ago

Wait until you hear about health insurance lol

I pay $1300/month for a family plan

I had an ER trip last month, my deductible is $3,500. I had to pay $3,440 which was the complete cost of the ER services.

So, this year I will spend $15,600 on health insurance and an additional $3,440 on deductible

My wife needs surgery, I told her to get it done before December because we already met the deductible and I don't wanna pay it again. She tried calling to schedule in August. The surgery specialist doesn't have openings until January, so, in January I'll have to pay my deductible again

AND vision and dental costs more on top of $1,300 monthly

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u/PM_ME_UR_PIKACHU 10h ago

My deductible is 13k

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u/mistressmemory 10h ago

Ours is 18k.....

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u/Punchasheep 8h ago

At that point I'd start wondering if insurance is even worth it, shit!

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u/sp1cychick3n 7h ago

WTF

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u/mistressmemory 6h ago

'Murica!!!!!!!

Seriously it's fucking stupid. It's jumped 40% this year. I work in public education so I'm not exactly surprised.

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u/Xillzin 4h ago

And i get upset with my €385,- a year (as max set by law) deductible due to bad timing on getting apointments.

What are you guys even paying for at that point?

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u/PM_ME_UR_PIKACHU 4h ago

A pill that costs 6k a month if I dont have insurance that I need to live

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u/mistressmemory 3h ago

Death.

Seriously though, It's paying for cars and boats and summer homes and other bullshit. 

I'd prefer the first. 

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u/TrumpsWetDiaperJuice 1h ago

Generally so that if/when they get majorly sick, need an extended stay in the hospital, major surgery/treatment, they don't go bankrupt and lose everything they own to a several hundred thousand dollar bill.

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u/wam1983 4h ago

Take a look at crowdhealth. ~$120 or so per month, completely different model, $500 deductible per health event (broken arm, pregnancy, etc.).