Murica #1 baby!

A colleague's baby was born 2 months early and had some complications. They had to stay 2 months in the hospital. Thankfully, the company insurance covered everything, because the bill was 1.1 million USD. The US is so cooked.

I know we shouldnt laugh but why do Americans accept this? $1800 for some stitches? Laughable. Tragic.

In the UK I suffered severe anaemia. I was given 2 blood transfusions and an iron transfusion. I was examined by 3 different doctors and went in a body scanning machine. I was in hospital for 3 days. I had breakfast, lunch and dinner. As many hot drinks as I wanted. Cost? £0.

And dickhead MAGA supporters criticise the NHS, in the UK. Healthcare is absolutely free. Why do you keep voting for a gang of crooks, who don't give a suit about you? USA only place in the developed world where life expectancy is falling

In Thaïland for 5 stitches, out of hospital with medecine after 45 min, $20.

Canada: go in for stitches... "wouldn't you prefer assisted suicide instead?"

I’m a 24 year nurse, we are in the beginning stages of a healthcare collapse imo. Time for some major changes, insurance companies need to be taken out of the picture.

My only cost in canada is fuel to get there. And please be a fucking man and pull out your own stitches…..

Damn, Americans are winning so hard right now.

This isn't a healthcare problem, this is an insurance problem. If you don't have insurance, it's much cheaper lol

Urgent care is $125 cash, they will fix you up to a point, major lacerations and worse get you an ER visit. Stop using the ER as your primary care physician.

Somebody has to pay for the 20 million illegals that use the ER as their primary care physician.

Americans, the rest of the world finds it so odd to be talking about money and cost when going to the hospital. It is completely backwards to need care but to be so concerned with money. And y'all just find it normal.

Even the Dr.'s and nurses hate how the system works. And the government has allowed big pharma to monopolise every step of the process. They own the hospitals, insurance companies, and the pharmacies and are pricegouging the fuck out of Americans while doing less and less, denying more and more. Shit ahould be considered TREASON. Big pharma needs broken up.

What a shit country where people in these comments are even defending the health provider

There’s no way in hell he got the medical bill within two weeks.

In Germany🇪🇺🇩🇪 the whole story would be 0€...😲😂 America🇺🇸 is not a country... it's a company with pewpews and no freedom...😳🥺 And you're the paying customer...😁👍🏼 #TrumpIsATraitor #maga 🤬 #TrumpIsARussianAgent ⏬ ⏬ ⏬

Yeah but Americans want this though obviously otherwise it would be fixed, surely? Like, you guys vote Trump in, you would hope that your lord and savior would fix the medical systems.

I went to emergency and after my insurance they wanted 3.5k for a few hours. Turned out it was bugging and they got away with guadging me like crazy

This is what Farage and Reform UK want for the UK. No wonder their support is falling. Just like Trump’s. How would have thought that would happen. 🤔🙄

I had my mom cut staples out of my head with wire cutters and long nose pliers because of this. Ps the staples are curved make sure you twist when pulling them out learned the hard way

Wait.... $1900 after insurance?????????? So you pay every month for your insurance, and you still have to pay for a visit to the hospital??

Republicans health care plan. Don’t get sick. And if you do, die quickly.

Should have acted like you didn't speak English and weren't from here... The libs lined it up so you'd get it for free that way...🤷

That’s crazy. I’ve had multiple ER visits for things FAR more extreme than that. Cost: $0 ….in Australia.

In Canada, they give those little stitch remover rec kits to us to take to our family Dr to remove and then our government insurance pays for all of it. The only thing we have to pay for is parking, which is outrageous but still maybe $18 to park

That’s bad that would cost us nothing !

But you have money to give to Israel but not for your health system 🤦🤷

I had a head injury requiring stitches, CAT scan and ECG. Total cost £0.00p. UK NHS is slow, overworked and A PRECIOUS JEWEL.

There's a lot of idiots convinced that the UK should adopt the American system, because they don't like waiting for free treatments. I'm in Scotland, so I don't even have to pay for the medications I take every day. I have an appointment in an hour and that is free to me too.

You went to an emergency room for a couple stitches instead of an urgent care? Emergency rooms have mandatory fees. An urgent care would be 500 without insurance but about 50 with insurance. The emergency rooms cannot turn you around and tell you to go to an urgent care because it is illegal for them to not serve you thanks to left wing legislation. The problem wasn't their fees. The problem was your ignorance.

I Canada they wait 6 months for an MRI, in the US they ask you where do you want to get your MRI, the Imaging place across the street has am opening in 45 minutes, or..., or... or...

Insurance is not the cure for the problem. Insurance *is* the problem.

And yet you democrat who made the healthcare system what it is…. But as usual you take no accountability

I needed 7 stitches on forearm, called PCP office, they said to come in. They stitched them up. Total wait time was like 45 minutes. Charged $30. Went back like 9 days later they removed them, no charge for the removal. You have shitty insurance.