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Spooky23 on Aug 29, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: If You Want to See Inequality in the U.S. at Its W...

We treat everyone pretty miserably.

I spoke to a professional in a pretty powerful job who almost died because for various reasons he didn't have the money to go to the emergency room. This person works for a Fortune 500 company, and a visit to the ER could easily cost $3k out of pocket.

He ended up having an emergency, which required an ambulance... The total bill was $8,000 after insurance!

dmishe on Aug 30, 2014 | [–]

Was it before obamacare? Out-of-pocket max is ~6000 now

andrewfarah on Aug 29, 2014 | [–]

This sounds insensitive (I don't mean it as such), he should have taken an uber.

deckar01 on Aug 29, 2014 | [–]

The point of an ambulance is to receive medical attention on the way to the ER.

andrewfarah on Aug 29, 2014 | | [–]

I agree. I was referencing this -- https://medium.com/@abhinemani/ubers-as-ambulances-4e3a2db38...

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