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

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, @11:13PM (9 children)

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

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.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
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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.

  • (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

      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

      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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