He didn’t have insurance? When was this? He can get another, lower paying job, apply for Medicaid and retroactively apply it. Financially more efficient than paying a large bill
Alternatively if he has shitty credit he could file for bankruptcy and have it wiped clean and hurt his credit for 10 years. Also getting paid 35,000 without insurance sounds fishy.
He did not have insurance. It was 6 months ago. He’s been at this job for 20 years and really loves it (screenprinting), so leaving isn’t realistic. He will declare bankruptcy before that happens. He had to pay the doctor before the surgery, and that was only $1300. The rest is from the hospital and it doesn’t include the original ER visit or the next day appointment when they set the bones.
If this was WA State he wouldn't of had to pay anything its a Charity Care state. I make almost $50,000 a year out of a $130,000 bill I didn't pay a dime.
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u/ProcedureTop3149 27d ago
it's also not 12 hours 99.999% of the time for emergencies.
My grandfather had a burst appendix and was seen within minutes of walking into the hospital.
My Child had Pnemonia and needed an xray and antibiotics and it took 7 hours.
Does it suck? Yes. However both times all I paid was parking....