I am anxious to see how much my hospital bills total from the stay, tests, medicines and surgery. I was researching the cost for an appendectomy and people's bills were around $20,000-30,000. YIKES! Thank the Lord for insurance. So glad my husband works so hard at a crappy job that offers good benefits! I think our out of pocket max is $2,000, which we would have to pay with the baby anyway!
So many people were complaining that they didn't have insurance and were going to refuse to pay their bill because after 7 years it wouldn't affect their credit anymore. Other's mentioned just by explaining their lack of insurance problem to the to the hospital BEFORE the hospital contacted them, their bills were dropped by atleast 30%!
But my thing is this surgery saved my life and our baby's! What price can I put on that?? Would I be extremely sad and frustrated and stressed if we had a $20,000 bill to pay? Yes of course I would, but people spend this on cars every day. Surely my life is worth more than a car, even Kellen would agree and he loves cars! Why do the people who refuse to pay for this surgery feel like they are entitled to free healthcare? When you need a service you pay it, if you don't its stealing. It is easy to think about not paying because those people are alive still today, but without that surgery they would be dead. $20,000 or death. I know what I'd choose.
Just food for thought.
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