MrSquished
Lifer
- Jan 14, 2013
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Wife had elective surgery years ago. Spinal fusion as she was pretty much an invalid due to the pain and leg numbness, yet still considered "elective". Part of the check-in was to write a check for $4,000 (to the hospital, not the surgeon) up front.
Recovery took months, but today she is fine, can do anything she wants, pain free and without any mobility issues... but without being able to pony up $4K upfront, I hate to think what her life would be like.
Unbelievable. Elective surgery my ass. What a country. Glad she is ok.
I was talking about this subject with family tonight over dinner. My brother in law's stepdad was quite sick, and he had to go to the ER - he had a blood clot that had to be taken care of before it got to his heart. So they operated. He had insurance, but turns out the surgeon who did the surgery was not in that network. They sent a bill for 6 figures, just around 100K. This was around 10 years ago, in NJ.
'Murica!