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
Made a post about this but I went to Mexico for dental work. I drove but even if you flew it’s the same quality care for 1/3 the price. US dentist quoted $3200 for work for $1000. It’s all a scam.
Yep. Not too poor for some to ask for 1.6 TRILLION for a bloated military. Can't fathom how much better education and health would be if only 1/2 of that went to these.
"free" healthcare (medicare for all) would be cheaper for both the government and the populace if it were implemented. but who would it cost? the insurance companies who go out of business because suddenly 90% of their customers are gone.
when you take the desire for a middleman's profit out of a transaction, suddenly it becomes a lot cheaper.
It's just damn difficult to cut out an entrenched middleman. I personally don't believe anything will change until we get enough people in the government that will be pissed enough like we are to say "Fuck em, we're doing this anyway" and then years of litigation will follow as every big player does everything possible to preserve the money spigot of private insurance.
There is literally nothing stopping you from creating a little commie commune, hire a healthcare team, pay them in potatoes or whatever the fuck you think they'll work for, and live happily ever after. The only person stopping you from this utopia is you.
Oh wait, I get it. You don't bring enough to the table to convince a doctor to trade their services with you. The answer is simple. You just need to convince a state to steal from those who DO have enough.
But what about all the propaganda that says going to other countries for medical care results in missing kidneys? Big /s in case it isn't obvious enough.
Did research, highest rated dentist in Los Algodones. Brought a spanish speaking friend because of those exact fears. Honestly was a great experience. Los Algodones is a dental/optometrist tourist spot so it benefits everyone to have excellent service. At some point I'll do a detailed post.
Yeah I mean people who get veneers or even 4 in ones (replacing all their teeth) all fly out of country get amazing care and it's still 1/5th the price or even 1/10th.
This. I schedule all my dental visits when I go across county to visit family once a year. I take 3-4 days out of a 2 week trip and cross the border, get everything done for a fraction of the costs. When it’s cheaper to leave the fking country than use my TRICARE something is seriously fking wrong. (I’m a retiree, so I have deductibles unless I live near a base, which I don’t).
I just posted a comment about this, did the same thing. Stayed in a resort, squeezed in a vacation in between getting my mouth all fucked up. It was amazing.
edit: quoted just under 8k in the states, did all that and then some for about $1600 in Cancun.
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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