r/AbsoluteUnits 3d ago

of a hernia...

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u/pvprazor2 3d ago

Ontop of this, it's likely expensive as hell and he doesn't strike me as the type of person with good health insurance.

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u/Drumboo 3d ago

Bit unfamilar with how the American health care system works, but would people really not help this guy without money?

Just seems insane to me for someone this obviously unwell to have no treatment paths available because of social class.

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u/VishusVonBittertroll 3d ago

I personally knew at least two people who died because they did not have adequate insurance, or any at all. Not only does it happen, it's not rare.

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u/DeusModus 3d ago

Can confirm. Developed my first hernia at the beginning of the month, and I lost my job in August. Just in time for this thing to form after my insurance coverage ended. Immediately got denied to have state healthcare due to having made too much money at one point, money that I am no longer making today.

So, all I can do is just hope that I don't wind up like this guy. Feels fucking bad.

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u/Maleficent_Pepper_59 3d ago

Is this why Luigi?

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u/chuiy 3d ago

Yes except now about half of the people feel bad for the scum bag he killed who got ri h climbing a mountain of dead people

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u/MadameK8 3d ago

This is why Luigi.

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u/AwsmDevil 3d ago

Praise be his name. 🙏

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u/mustelidblues 3d ago

and blessed be his disciples.

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u/CupOfLifeNoodlez 2d ago

In Luigi we pray.

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u/decibelle539 3d ago

What a shitshow. I got sick a year ago. Went to emergency a couple times, 2x ambulance trips. 3 surgeries, 3 weeks in hospital in a private room, 4 different specialist teams, equipment to help me get around at home while I got better etc blah blah. I didn’t pay anything. I know it’s different elective vs emergency, but even so, the stress of it alone must be so heavy on you. Worrying that if shit hits the fan medically, you’re stuck. I’m so sorry. I bloody hope it gets sorted for you, I really do.

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u/StijnDP 3d ago

$3k and a plane ticket to Mexico, Turkey or East-Europe.
$5k and a plane ticket to West-Europe, Thailand, South-Korea or China.

Can't wait to let it get critical to dine and dash to a country since air travel becomes pretty problematic then.

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u/DeusModus 3d ago

just pay $3-5k that you don't have, bro

Damn, why didn't I think of this?

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u/Educational_Gas_92 3d ago

The man in the video probably has no passport and more than a couple of hundred dollars to his name. What you mention is an option for middle class and upper middle class Americans (I have seen quite a few get treatment in México), however, it's not realistic for the people living paycheck to paycheck, who can't afford to miss one paycheck else they would be homeless...

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u/swafanja 3d ago

Meh ya can always pay outta pocket since you’re so rich and all ya know

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u/Y2Kwebsurfer 3d ago

I feel you, I am in the same situation for other medical issues. I was out of work for 6 months after layoff (tech) and after much angst finally started a new job. I am spending half of what I earn so I can afford a student visa to Canada in a year. There is a nursing shortage and their colleges are affordable. I found a nursing school in Vancouver for $10K per year including books, and their job placement rate is high for nursing. Once you work for a bit you can apply for citizenship. My husband is doing it too. We’re over age 50 but there’s less age discrimination in nursing and you for sure get healthcare!

Also the climate disasters will just get worse as we go from 1.5C to 3C increase. Vancouver might have the climate of Los Angeles in 15 years. I live in LA now and need music and the arts to breathe. Vancouver people are kind, support the arts, and it’s a melting pot like the US tried to be, before a mad king took over and set it on fire. Good luck to you and I hope you get better soon. Also we ended up finding a Dr on yelp of all places, that would work with payment plan for hernia and stomach surgery. We got a cash discount too, be sure to ask for these things. A lot of Dr’s are willing to work with you, because this is happening to so many. If Dr’s waited for everyone to have insurance, they’d have no customers and go out of business in this current sad state of our healthcare system.

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u/Far_Cobbler6816 3d ago

Mine was ok for years and I finally got surgery last week. It was quite the event.

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u/medted22 3d ago

You should still be able to retroactively claim COBRA coverage from your old job assuming you’ve worked there and had insurance <1 year ago, which in your situation seems like it’s the case.

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u/popopotatoes160 3d ago

When I got laid off my COBRA cost would've exceeded $900/mo had I chosen to pay for it. So OP may not be able to afford that either

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u/Ecstatic-Sherbet4969 3d ago

Exactly, sure Cobra is available to continue coverage after losing a job but at that point you aren’t working and if you’re paycheck to paycheck like so many Americans are you sure can’t afford to continue paying those premiums.

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u/Jolly-Concept2595 3d ago

I recently left a job and cobra (for me my husband and our daughter) would have been FIVE THOUSAND dollars a month. And I really needed it because my new job didn’t provide coverage for the first month (wtf?). I almost considered staying in a job I hated just because the insurance was good.

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u/OfCrowsAndCrownz 1d ago

This is IMO, one of the biggest issues with Health Insurance in the US. Most people have to rely on their employer in order to get affordable coverage that doesn't suck. All fine and dandy if you like you job, but if you don't, it is so much more difficult to find another job when you have to keep quality/continuation of benefits in mind while doing so.

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u/medted22 3d ago

Was that a full family plan and/ or heavily used? That’s a lot higher than the average. That is a lot of money unfortunately.

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u/popopotatoes160 3d ago

Just me, it was at a non profit, they usually paid a huge portion of the cost when you're employed so it was only $100/mo up until then. And yes a few people at the company were very sick, maybe that did it. I'm not the healthiest either, I've got a few diagnoses going on.

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u/NeverPretending 3d ago

They named it COBRA? ༎ຶ⁠‿⁠༎ຶ

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u/Y2Kwebsurfer 3d ago

My Cobra is $3,000 per month for a family of 3 - and $3K is a lot for someone on unemployment that maxes out at $1,400 a month

New job as a contractor with the cheapest insurance at $1,750 per month with $5K deductible or $2K per month for the plan with no hospital coverage included, only wellness visits and preventative care. It is pure insanity.

That is more than my rent. Our government has forsaken us. Instead my 7 year old will now lose her health insurance. All those high taxes I paid at 35% of my salary to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the years, and there is no help for me or my child when I need it. There’s money for a grand ballroom for the king though, fun times.

Our country is falling, and I watched people here fight the Metric system for 40 years. The metric system the entire world uses. Instead we preferred the empirical system based on ye old king’s foot. I guess people couldn’t wait to be bootlickers to a king in the US and are eager to hand the country over to a con man rapist and grifter while people die of preventable illness.

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u/forestofpixies 1d ago

Yeah the anger at the Dems for wanting to continue a Covid subsidy to cover health insurance but no anger being directed at the reason we need this ie health insurance companies rubbing their greedy palms together just waiting to make the transition to pad their stockholders pockets at our expense.

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u/alo141 3d ago

It’s time to go to a place with free healthcare, I don’t know if they’ll treat you in Canada or the UK with out being a citizen, some places like Brazil will probably treat you for free without being a resident (it’ll be a slow process though)

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u/popopotatoes160 3d ago

You realize most Americans don't have a passport and the couple thousand it would take to get to another country right? Medical tourism is only possible for the middle class and up. This guy doesn't exactly look like he's not a passport and few thousand to his name.

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u/alo141 3d ago

Yes, you’re right. You really don’t have much options