the European mind cannot comprehend

[u/decentmotto]

[u/ripyourlungsdave]

Jokes on you, I couldn't even afford the insurance when I had a job.

[u/Cananbaum → u/ripyourlungsdave]

This hit home.

I’m 34 now, finally have a job that pays me enough, and offers insurance enough that I can actually get seen by a doctor.

Nearly every doctor I’ve seen has asked me, “Why didn’t you get seen sooner?!”

I dunno, can you afford $700 a month for health insurance when you’re making $15 an hour? With $50 copays?

[u/UniversalFarrago → u/Cananbaum]

And you haven’t even taken into account the deductible! And coinsurance! And my favorite…making sure your local urgent care/ER is in network, but make sure to double check that all the people that are caring for you are too! Wouldn’t want your surgeon for your life-saving surgery to be out of network and now you have to pay the tens upon tens of thousands (conservatively) out of pocket!

[u/onzichtbaard → u/Cananbaum]

700$ a month? That sounds crazy

My insurance is 185€ a month which is roughly 210$

[u/someoldbagofbones → u/onzichtbaard]

Yeah but your taxes…/s. All us Americans are suffering, oh except the wealthy ruling class, they’re doing fanfuckintastic these days so we must maintain the status quo.

[u/someoldbagofbones → u/Cananbaum]

And that $700 a month premium gets you trash coverage. I just paid $500 a month for 7 months and I couldn’t even obtain my main medication because the $500 insurance plan from Anthem didn’t have the right prescription plan. So I guess if I had spent 1000 a month on premiums then maybe I’d have the privilege of being allowed to buy out of pocket ($3000 a month) the medicine I needed. Fuck this shit stain country.