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martyb
on Friday April 19 2019, @08:11PM
from the Death-is-cheap-life-is-expensive-dept dept.
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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'This is how expensive it is to attempt suicide': Patient’s bill goes viral
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by ledow on Saturday April 20 2019, @10:33AM
So it was cheaper because he was already paying for his own and everyone else's treatments too? Amazing.
And what if his insurance didn't cover self-inflicted conditions?
P.S. That's still $2850 more than I will *ever* pay, in my entire life, for every bit of medical care, insurance, treatment or cover I ever require. With the possible exception of dentistry because you don't want to wait for that shit to fall into the "we will provide it for free because it's so serious" category.
I'm not being funny, but $2850 is a significant sum, no. So someone who attempts to commit suicide, say because of massive outstanding debt and maybe they even lost their insurance, has to think about it going wrong and putting them in an even worse position. A worse position than attempting to kill yourself because of the financial problems you already face.
Get the fuck off your high-horse and go look up what civilisation means. The guy's not looking for sympathy for himself... he's pointing out a ludicrous situation that's entirely the creation of the US healthcare system which is supposed to look after such people.
Your doctors have a fucking lot to answer for, as regards their Hippocratic Oath.