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'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral

posted by martyb on Friday April 19 2019, @08:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the Death-is-cheap-life-is-expensive-dept dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Have you ever wondered what it costs to keep a person alive when they are on the brink of death? Thanks to a post by a suicide survivor who started a rash of posts concerning hospital costs for the mortally challenged we know that the hospital bill for suicide management can be from 10K to 100K. Oliver Jordan clocked up 25,000 likes and hundreds of responses to his post with some people saying it cost them 10K to 20K for a US emergency room visit. Once a patient enters a hospital they can racked many charges often without realising what the end bill will be.

In memory of MDC.

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  • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:17AM (4 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:17AM (#832435) Homepage Journal

    Since no one else has bothered, care to share what "it" might be?

    Thanks

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  • (Score: 2) by deimtee on Saturday April 20 2019, @12:14PM (2 children)

    by deimtee (3272) on Saturday April 20 2019, @12:14PM (#832519) Journal

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ [imdb.com]

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @03:09PM (#832594)

    The movie is called "Idiocracy". A sadly close approximation of where we could be in 500 years.