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Remember that the US slams people with massive bills for going to the Emergency Room.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18137967/er-bills-zuckerberg-san-francisco-general-hospital
A bystander saw her fall and called an ambulance. She was semi-lucid for that ride, awake but unable to answer basic questions about where she lived. Paramedics took her to the emergency room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where doctors X-rayed her arm and took a CT scan of her brain and spine. She left with her arm in a splint, on pain medication, and with a recommendation to follow up with an orthopedist.
A few months later, Dang got a bill for $24,074.50. Premera Blue Cross, her health insurer, would only cover $3,830.79 of that — an amount that it thought was fair for the services provided. That left Dang with $20,243.71 to pay, which the hospital threatened to send to collections in mid-December.
Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG), recently renamed for the Facebook founder after he donated $75 million, is the largest public hospital in San Francisco and the city’s only top-tier trauma center. But it doesn’t participate in the networks of any private health insurers — a surprise patients like Dang learn after assuming their coverage includes a trip to a large public ER.
Translation: This ER doesn't accept health insurance because America.
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My sister is also a doctor. But about all you can really do iirc is put ice on it, take Ibuprofen, and try not to stress it too much.
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On January 09 2019 02:20 Plansix wrote:Remember that the US slams people with massive bills for going to the Emergency Room. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/1/7/18137967/er-bills-zuckerberg-san-francisco-general-hospitalShow nested quote +A bystander saw her fall and called an ambulance. She was semi-lucid for that ride, awake but unable to answer basic questions about where she lived. Paramedics took her to the emergency room at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where doctors X-rayed her arm and took a CT scan of her brain and spine. She left with her arm in a splint, on pain medication, and with a recommendation to follow up with an orthopedist.
A few months later, Dang got a bill for $24,074.50. Premera Blue Cross, her health insurer, would only cover $3,830.79 of that — an amount that it thought was fair for the services provided. That left Dang with $20,243.71 to pay, which the hospital threatened to send to collections in mid-December. Show nested quote +Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG), recently renamed for the Facebook founder after he donated $75 million, is the largest public hospital in San Francisco and the city’s only top-tier trauma center. But it doesn’t participate in the networks of any private health insurers — a surprise patients like Dang learn after assuming their coverage includes a trip to a large public ER. Translation: This ER doesn't accept health insurance because America.
I don't get how this is a thing that happens constantly and there are no riots in the streets against it
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On January 09 2019 02:08 PassiveAce wrote:
Firebolt what should I be doing to treat a sprained knee
Sprains in general:
- Rest
- Ice packs
- Compression
- Elevate the joint when able
- Simple painkillers ie paracetamol/ibuprofen
- Wait it out
I'll take a free trip to visit the States
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He could probably pay for your week vacation and still spend a fraction of what it a dr here would cost lol. Not really needed for a sprain though
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i like how it's listed as rice then painkillers and waiting
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On January 09 2019 06:24 2009 wrote:
i like how it's listed as rice then painkillers and waiting
I mean, it's more indepth than when I broke my finger, that was literally take pain meds and keep it in a splint, ya fucked bro.
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Finished my assignment.
Even 12 minutes before the deadline.
I am so done.
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Why is there not a pill or topical cream that fixes this
On January 09 2019 04:44 Firebolt145 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 09 2019 02:08 PassiveAce wrote:
Firebolt what should I be doing to treat a sprained knee Sprains in general: - Rest - Ice packs - Compression - Elevate the joint when able - Simple painkillers ie paracetamol/ibuprofen - Wait it out I'll take a free trip to visit the States
This is the difference between European and American health care.
An American doctor would never give good advice for free.
Thanks man 
I'll take your advice!
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On January 09 2019 04:44 Firebolt145 wrote:Show nested quote +On January 09 2019 02:08 PassiveAce wrote:
Firebolt what should I be doing to treat a sprained knee Sprains in general: - Rest - Ice packs - Compression - Elevate the joint when able - Simple painkillers ie paracetamol/ibuprofen - Wait it out I'll take a free trip to visit the States
feederbolt come to new york
also p6 that vox article is extremely good, I actually have their ER bill submission thing open in a tab as a reminder to find my bills from a few years ago lol
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On January 09 2019 02:15 PassiveAce wrote:
my old insurance policy lapsed and my new Obamacare policy doesn't kick in until Jan 15th so I'm pretty fucked actually.
It would prob be cheaper to fly firebolt to my place to put a brace on me then it would be to go to a doctor here.
I'm currently in a contracted position and my obamacare premium is almost 32k a year. Pretty nuts tbh.
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firebolt how long did you grind in order to become a doctor(education + practice + whatever is needed maybe license)
On January 08 2019 00:18 Plansix wrote:Show nested quote +On January 07 2019 23:23 goody153 wrote:
I'm curious about that. How is it possible to stop the funding of the government ? How does that work ? And how did it end up like that?
I don't think i've ever heard of government shutdown before that isn't about rebellion or armed revolt. The US is 50 different state governments under one national government. Each state manages itself and the Federal government manages everything the states cannot(aka, highways between states, the army, federal courts, cross state regulations)The Federal government shutdown does not impact the a state government directly. We don’t have a parliament in the states or federal government, but a legislature, executive branch and court. The legislature controls the budget and funding. The most important part is that we have elections every 2 years(for the entire House and 1/3 of the senate). There is no forcing elections, people are stuck with the poor decisions they made. This is true for both state governments and the federal government. In this case, a portion of the federal government’s funding expired because Trump is demanding funding for his dumb wall from the legislature(congress). There isn’t a lot of support for the dumb wall in congress and no budget with funding for it would pass both chambers(or even one chamber). So because of that and that Republicans in the senate don’t want to override Trump, part of the government’s funding has expired. So parts of the government are not funded. The US system is weird because it is oddly resilient even when the legislature fails. The agencies are independent enough to stockpile money for when shut downs happen. But that only lasts for so long. Very soon you will see things like the Federal Courts shut down(January 11, 2019 to be exact) and then things will get serious. The US system doesn’t implode, it slowly decays and rots.
Huh so that's how it works(this is concise). Thanks ! I knew that the US is a federal government but i didn't really how much tie-in it had which got me confused on how in the world government shutdown is even possible
On January 09 2019 07:50 Slomo wrote:
Finished my assignment.
Even 12 minutes before the deadline.
I am so done.
My country is culturally lazy. That shit is the usual scene here. Nobody passes assignments in advance lol
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my brother is a doctor, here it's 7 years studying + 3 years working to be able to do the specialization + 4 years for the speciallity
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Welp ya boi single
sucks for now, but will be better in the long run.
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still farming up sc2, almost 5k, my big weakness is random cuz idk which allin to run
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Have you tried asking 'race?'
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nah im not degrading myself that much to talk to enemies
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I used to random a lot and some people would get really mad if I didn't tell them my race.
Good times
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