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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 Friday April 19 2019, @09:32PM (14 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Friday April 19 2019, @09:32PM (#832304) Homepage Journal

    Oops. My math is bad today.

    All the stuff on the EOB was just there to obscure the fact that the actual costs weren't 500% more than was claimed. Claiming such costs gives the hospital cover when outrageously overcharging the uninsured and gives the insurance company cover to say "look how much money you saved!"

    That 500% figure was 10,000 divided by 1,500 (per diem) rather than 10,000 divided by 4,500 (per diem * 3). So I should have said "more than 100% more" instead of 500%. My apologies for any confusion or annoyance caused.

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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @09:36PM (13 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @09:36PM (#832305)

    "Your bill will be thaaat many dollars, if you could just stick your tattoo in that shit hyuhyuhyuh."

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @09:43PM (12 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @09:43PM (#832308)

      "Your bill will be thaaat many dollars, if you could just stick your tattoo in that shit hyuhyuhyuh."

      What? Perhaps you could post again when you sober up, as I have no idea what you're blathering on about.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @10:10PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @10:10PM (#832331)

        Where's your tattoo? Why come you don't have a tattoo?

        You're an unscanable.

        UNSCANABLE!

        (I'm not the previous AC...)

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @10:47PM (10 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 19 2019, @10:47PM (#832345)

        It's a quote from a documentary about the future of the USA.

        • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Friday April 19 2019, @11:13PM (9 children)

          by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Friday April 19 2019, @11:13PM (#832358) Homepage Journal

          It's obviously not a documentary. At best, it's speculative fiction.

          Are you going to tell me next that Harrison Bergeron is a "documentary of the future" too?

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          • (Score: 1) by RandomFactor on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:47AM (5 children)

            by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Saturday April 20 2019, @02:47AM (#832430) Journal

            I always describe it as "If Nostradamus wrote a sci-fi"

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @05:13PM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 20 2019, @05:13PM (#832633)

            Jesus christ lighten up. That is the name of my new movie about the real rapture. Jesus was a hippy in the 60s but there were too many long haired bearded dudes. I will tell his story!

            • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:26PM

              by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:26PM (#833175) Homepage Journal

              Jesus christ lighten up.

              Firstly, that's not my name.

              Secondly, I'm about to eat a heavy dinner, so that's not happening tonight either.

              But I do appreciate your suggestion. Thank you!

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            • (Score: 3, Funny) by NotSanguine on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:29PM

              by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Sunday April 21 2019, @11:29PM (#833179) Homepage Journal

              Damn it! You added useful information after the first sentence! Argh!

              What is wrong with you? You're a sadist, I tell you! Making people read stuff in order to understand things. You should be ashamed of yourself!

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