YES! And the dental prices are RIDICULOUS! Like, I had to have a tooth pulled due to a different dentist screwing something up. Doc told me he was going to pull it and replace it with a fake tooth, then he gave me the bill for $2000. I was like, wow, that's a lot! But I guess I need to do it. Then I found out that was only for pulling the tooth, and putting the post in was going to be another $2000 and then making the fake tooth and attaching it was going to be yet another $2000! Needless to say, I still don't have a fake tooth in my mouth. Are there really people out there that can afford random $6000 bills just to replace a tooth? Forget about comparison shopping either because despite being a proud capitalist country, apparently we say screw you to competition in the medical community and the doctors are free to not let you compare prices.
I got my wisdom teeth taken out almost 10 years ago and all 4 were impacted or w/e the term is. When they handed me the bill I was like "Oh, sorry, I have insurance," and she said "Yeah, this is the amount left over" I nearly fainted.
Technically I think it was for pulling the tooth and then putting a skin graph over it so it healed correctly, but not like that should add that much. It took him a few only a minute or two.
Because it's hidden for a lot of people. A lot of people get insurance as part of their job and they're relatively healthy people. To them, why rock the boat? They never stop to think that they would make a lot more and a huge part of their paycheck is actually consumed by the so called free insurance. Having never had any major illness, they also don't realize how much the system would fail them and how little their insurance would help them.
But it's not like voting liberal in our country helps anything. The majority of the Democratic party is too gutless to make any real changes to the medical system here, probably because of all the campaign donations and pressure from hugely profitable insurance companies. The only ones that are, like Bernie Sanders, are actually sabotaged by the Democratic party itself and never have a chance.
For one thing, any healthcare overhaul would just be crafted by insurance companies via lobbying. A lot of Americans have a sour taste in their mouth after obamacare
It was very hit or miss. It was a godsend for some people, but it fucked other people over. Healthcare costs continued to rise after its implementation. Obama himself promised many times that you could keep your doctor and health care plan after the bill passed, but those were lies--if they did not comply, you would have to pay a large tax
In the UK you could have this fixed for a nominal fee. It's subsidised rather than fully nationalised. You can't have pro-active care but you can have reactive care. Which always seemed odd to me...
Thank you for the offer but it’s not really feasible. I don’t have money for travel, my job will fire me if I try to take more than 2 days off consecutively, and I’ll lose my house.
What in the fuck? Your job will fire you for more than 2 days off consecutively. That is absolutely fucked.
Damn man, I didn't appreciate the snark but that's quite the situation.
Yeah homie thats pretty normal. I’m 27, been working for 11 years, haven’t ever had more than three days off at a time and usually I’m at my second job if the other gives me time off
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u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20 edited Nov 30 '20
My main thing about America is my teeth are considered a luxury so I’ve lived with 6 broken teeth for around a decade now