• aard@kyu.de
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    We do have some steep copayments for some treatments as well. For example, if I had to go to the hospital for a month I’d have to pay about 1000 EUR myself.

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      I was in the hospital for an outpatient procedure a couple of years ago here in the U.S. So not even overnight. I have good insurance. It cost me $2500.

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      If I had to go into the hospital for a month, I truly would rather kill myself than have that shit looming over my for the rest of my life.

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        The trick is: Just don’t pay these fuckers, what are they going to do? Show up and kill you?

        Maybe you get sued, but maybe they don’t even bother because it’s not worth the cost of lawyers.

        Either way, money isn’t worth dying for, even in a fucked up dystopian system.

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        I think that amount is way too high. Nowadays I could afford it without problems, but a few years back spending some time in hospital would’ve messed up my budget.

        I might be fine with paying for elective procedures - but hospital stays for other reasons should be covered by healthcare.

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          I agree it should all be free for non-elective procedures, but that’s pretty much the cost of a few hours at an American hospital. The fact I thought you were being sarcastic and were not really reinforces how messed up our healthcare system is