• Mobiuthuselah@mander.xyz
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    24 hours ago

    After a week of stomachaches, I took my wife to the hospital. They ran some tests and told her it was likely norovirus. Charged us over $4000.

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      23 hours ago

      Holy fucking shit. Was the news delivered by the lord almighty with a massage and a perfectly cooked steak? Because that’s the kind of service I’d want for four fucking grand with that level of shitty diagnosis.

      That’s shockin’.

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        23 hours ago

        With how hospitals in the US can be, a lot of emergency rooms are too small and if they run out of beds, you just get to sit in the hall. It’d be nice if they gave you a discount for that.

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          23 hours ago

          I feel that pain. Like I’ve been in a corridor in the emergency department but at least mine was capped at €100.

          I honestly would have been looking for the discount otherwise.