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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: 3, Funny) by Bot on Saturday April 20 2019, @09:45AM

    by Bot (3902) on Saturday April 20 2019, @09:45AM (#832494) Journal

    That's exactly what they are doing.

    - where am I?
    - in hospital, you botched your suicide attempt
    - oh
    (time passes)
    - how you feel?
    - maybe it's the painkillers talking, but I feel ace doctor, I dunno what was I thinking when i tried to snuff myself
    - fine, your bill is 67000 dollars, are you insured?
    - ummm doctor do you have some arsenic handy?

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