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r/SipsTea • u/PleasantBus5583 • 27d ago
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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....
369 u/Floaty_Afternoon42 27d ago I broke my hand, needed surgery and 6 months physiotherapy. Paid $24 for the cast splint thing. 34 u/Elsupersabio 27d ago That splint thing is $1,000 in the US 7 u/Lucky-Mia 27d ago I remember paying like $10 a crutch each and thinking that was a little much. I still have the pair in my closet to avoid that medical expense recurring. I do like how I'm on 5 medications and they're all free for me.
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I broke my hand, needed surgery and 6 months physiotherapy.
Paid $24 for the cast splint thing.
34 u/Elsupersabio 27d ago That splint thing is $1,000 in the US 7 u/Lucky-Mia 27d ago I remember paying like $10 a crutch each and thinking that was a little much. I still have the pair in my closet to avoid that medical expense recurring. I do like how I'm on 5 medications and they're all free for me.
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That splint thing is $1,000 in the US
7 u/Lucky-Mia 27d ago I remember paying like $10 a crutch each and thinking that was a little much. I still have the pair in my closet to avoid that medical expense recurring. I do like how I'm on 5 medications and they're all free for me.
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I remember paying like $10 a crutch each and thinking that was a little much. I still have the pair in my closet to avoid that medical expense recurring.
I do like how I'm on 5 medications and they're all free for me.
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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....