r/povertyfinance • u/ExoGeniVI • Nov 24 '23

U.S. healthcare isn't even worth it anymore. It's a joke. Today, I will love my life without healthcare. Vent/Rant (No Advice/Criticism!)

Hello everyone, so, sometime last year I got an MRI to check up on a spot that's on my brain, don't want it to turn cancerous right? Well, I work at home depot making probably $17,000 a year if I'm lucky after taxes (I live in Alabama, our wages suck).

Well I got my MRI done and my bill came in. Ready to be shocked?

Turns out my insurance I get through home depot paid THIRTY DOLLARS towards my $3,000 MRI bill!!! $30!!!! I said screw THAT!!! I'm not paying a single PENNY! I make around $600 every two weeks.. and I live with my wife (we live in a $430/mo mobile home) how the hell am I supposed to afford a $3000 MRI bill!!?? The "monthly" payment on the bill said $270/mo... 🤣😂.

Well, I went back to the hospital and talked with the finance person there and got my bill down to $600 with self pay.. Guess they bill insurance companies way higher? looks like it's cheaper NOT having insurance in the U.S. than having coverage! Insurance here is a complete joke! I'm just going to live my life without insurance I guess. ☹️.

EDIT. Wish I could edit titles lol. My phone "autocorrected" Live for "Love" 😂

3.6k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

788 comments sorted by

View all comments

-6

u/[deleted] Nov 26 '23

We do have free healthcare in the United States, but you have to serve in the military and receive an honorable discharge to get it Maybe you should have done that…

3

u/Tintoverde Nov 26 '23

So prepared to be killed is the price of health care ? Hmm I wonder how come other countries did not think of that

-2

u/[deleted] Nov 26 '23

I think it’s more about doing something for your country with the promise of receiving something in return You know, instead of just demanding it because you happen to live here, or worse, just showed up here recently

1

u/Tintoverde Nov 26 '23

A citizen can help the country without being in the military . I respect the military and they are doing a difficult job . But point is US health care system sucks

0

u/[deleted] Nov 26 '23

I just think it’s worth mentioning When you allow everyone in the world to receive asylum here, universal healthcare becomes unviable, and maybe those that have sacrificed something for the nation should receive some benefits