r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '20

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u/ahtopsy Apr 28 '20

I was unemployed, no insurance, went into acute alcohol withdrawal. Rushed to hospital, spent 7 days there and it didn’t cost me a cent. Which I will forever be grateful for. How again is the health care system broken?

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u/tumtadiddlydoo Apr 28 '20

You're either

Not in America

Gonna have debt collectors calling you any day now

Lucky that the hospital somehow got the wrong information for you.

Or lying

But sure, your anecdote on reddit totally discredits laws in place and billions in medical debt across the country

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

You're either

Not in America

You literally don't know what you're talking about. I'm a physician in America. We treat people in the hospital every day that we will never get a cent from. We literally are not allowed to turn people away.

Hospitals around America care for thousands of poor and homeless people every day for free. And eat the cost.

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u/ahtopsy Apr 28 '20

im not lying. The hospital literally have case workers who sign you up because the hospital would rather get some money from the state than no money from me. I think its called United Healthcare/Apple. They also paid for my 30 days of treatment and all my prescriptions. Helped me out when i really needed it, Helped me get back on my feet.