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Re: Are Americans charged for emergency hospital care?

[(Anonymous)]

After insurance, I owe around $10000 in medical expenses from an ER visit, one night in a mental health facility, and two months of outpatient treatment for depression and anxiety.

Also, the year before, I went without prescribed physical therapy for a shoulder injury, because I hadn't met my ($3000) insurance deductible and the physical therapy would've cost over half of my income for the several weeks it would take to meet my deductible, after which I would still have to pay 20% of the cost of future PT appointments.

Medical bills are the biggest cause of US bankruptcies.

Re: Are Americans charged for emergency hospital care?

[(Anonymous)]

and let's talk about the scramble that the affordable care act introduced by president obama caused. i knew people whose hours at their minimum wage jobs were being cut because otherwise their employers were legally bound to provide health care for their workers. the funniest thing was that one of the politicians advocating against obamacare actually ended up signing up for it after he lost his health insurance when his wife was laid off.

overall hospital visits right now are a nightmare but obamacare helps somewhat. i personally think we aren't going to be totally better off unless we fully socialize health care the way canada or some european countries have because otherwise we're going to keep having cases like some of the ones anons have listed above :(