Younger brother got too drunk and spent a night at the hospital... $8000 bill?!?! wtf

[isawthesign]

My younger brother got too drunk (I wasn't there), and he was puking blood all over the place... his friend's mother drove him to the hospital where he had to stay there overnight. I just got the bill last night, and it was $8000... He did some tests, IV fluids, and an X-ray...

Obviously, it's my brother who I should be mad at for being so selfish and stupid to put him in a position like that, making my parents pay almost two months worth of working for nothing. But does this sound right? What the heck... $8000 for an overnight stay? We don't have any insurance... but he applied for the Obamacare stuff about three months ago, and my dad says that we can retroactively apply it (according to what the representative told him).

What's ****in pissing me off is that he's unemployed and is going around telling friends and family about it as if it's some badge of honor as to how wasted he got... trying to gain sympathy and draw attention to himself.

[gjames017]

the hospital saved him from (from alcohol poisoning).

[Adamyo]

murica of peace

[nick753]

'merica

I had a 10 minute procedure done to remove genital warts (srs)..just opened the bill the other day and it was 2,000$.. oh and I have insurance.. Without insurance it would have been over 3k.

[Trojans86]

Gotta love Healthcare in America where there are natural monopolies and completely unregulated prices.

Lobbies gon lobby nomisayn

[MiamiKid3]

Land of the free

He dun goofed not knowing how to control himself though

[johnnyboro]

Murica! Had surgery on my foot, spent a few days at the hospital, 100 bucks.

[Retoaded]

so you are saying his life isn't worth $8,000?

[BuckWyld]

Yea that seems about right, it wouldn't have been that surprising if it was 2x as much. Medical providers jack up rates for uninsured patients. I got a bill for a blood test recently where the base cost was ~1500 and the negotiated rate from my insurance was ~500. If you call the hospital they maybe willing to lower the bill.

the whole thing is useful, but option 4 is relevant to what I said above
http://healthcaresavvy.wbur.org/reso...-medical-bill/

[justinjude]

My younger brother got too drunk (I wasn't there), and he was puking blood all over the place... his friend's mother drove him to the hospital where he had to stay there overnight. I just got the bill last night, and it was $8000... He did some tests, IV fluids, and an X-ray...

Obviously, it's my brother who I should be mad at for being so selfish and stupid to put him in a position like that, making my parents pay almost two months worth of working for nothing. But does this sound right? What the heck... $8000 for an overnight stay? We don't have any insurance... but he applied for the Obamacare stuff about three months ago, and my dad says that we can retroactively apply it (according to what the representative told him).

usually medicaid is retroactively applied.

otherwise, he can usually get ahold of the business office and see what they can do about working out a settlement or payment plan.

[MGFusion]

So the fukk what, wasn't aware that life had a price

Might as well save everyone for free then huh? I'd neg you if I didn't already neg you in the other thread 5 minutes ago.

[skinny2buff6]

Yes I believe you can do that as long as you applied before the event happened. I think you are covered as soon as you apply, because technically 'everyone' is approved?

#notpositivecrew
#callhealthcareandfindout
#Prettysureyouwillbecoveredcrew

[thetrebel]

lol right op ?? fuk his life 8k is way better

and yeah pepper your wallet if you go to the emergency room

[4204Casper]

idiot brother not knowing his limits.

[1010101]

lmao @ not having insurance.

strong work ethics ur family has op.

This^^

inb4 OP hits my car and has no insurance

[isawthesign]

'merica

I had a 10 minute procedure done to remove genital warts (srs)..just opened the bill the other day and it was 2,000$.. oh and I have insurance.. Without insurance it would have been over 3k.

I don't mind paying all of these taxes... taking almost a 1/3 of what I work for, but at least have some form of free health care and higher education system.... all of these taxes that I've paid... I could have used to put into savings in case something like this happens/if I lose my job, instead of giving it to the government, who won't even bail me out in these situations... so what's the point?

[Brophysicist]

one of my roommates spent 3 days at the hospital. the bill was like $30K or some retarded **** like that. dead srs

[SurfBrah69]

Why don't you guys have health insurance

[LMW]

'merica

I had a 10 minute procedure done to remove genital warts (srs)..just opened the bill the other day and it was 2,000$.. oh and I have insurance.. Without insurance it would have been over 3k.

you dun goof'd, you could have just bought castor oil from wal mart for $5 and taken care of it yourself (srs)

[KC2892]

Your parents are actually going to pay for that????? Holy hell I wish I was spoiled like that growing up. The only time my parents ever covered my ass was when I got my first ticket ($180), and I got a job immediately after and paid them back.

[McDoubles]

Damn your bra surpassed his 5 beer limit

[amidamaru]

thats the good thing bout australia.. i had operation to fix broken metacarpal and it cost me $0

[wannabelikelee]

I finally used my health insurance and after seeing the 10k bill.... I was happy I had it. **** that ****

[SkinnyBeast24]

You don't go to an emergency room unless you are going to die.

Primary care physician that's on call cause he likes me...find a GOAT one.

[nick753]

I don't mind paying all of these taxes... taking almost a 1/3 of what I work for, but at least have some form of free health care and higher education system.... all of these taxes that I've paid... I could have used to put into savings in case something like this happens/if I lose my job, instead of giving it to the government, who won't even bail me out in these situations... so what's the point?

Our tax and healthcare system us fked man. It's all a scam. In our defense though, I will say that I've been to Canada many many times and;

brb free healthcare
brb higher taxes
brb 25 dollars for a 12 pack of budlight
brb 11$ for the cheapest pack of cigs they make
brb everything, everywhere you go seems insanely priced and you're not even in a nice city (windsor)

it all balances out

[pumpgun51]

So the fukk what, wasn't aware that life had a price

in his brothers case it had a 8000$ price tag to be exact

[accounts]

How old is he?

Probably just throwing up a red drink. But good lookin out

[woody19]

Brother drinks like an idiot
family doesent have healthcare
You're mad that actions have consequences
You expect everyone else to pay for your stupid brother






You're not going to make it

[isawthesign]

Forgot to add, that he was in the ER, so maybe that's why it's so expensive.

[JUGGERNAUT1333]

not hard to believe the bill. I woke up one night with a swollen throat, went to ER..... Dr. comes in, feels throat "yep its swollen", writes me an Rx and im out the door....... $1050...... had insurance thankfully..

He should take responsibility however and get a job and pay on that debt himself. Very selfish if he makes your parents pay that all.