OK, so you “spent” 82 grand in one bad three-day period.
1. If you were paying cash, you probably could have gotten it for half that.
2. If you add all your medical expenses for any ten-year period including that episode, do they come anywhere $200,000?
1. If you were paying cash, you probably could have gotten it for half that.
2. If you add all your medical expenses for any ten-year period including that episode, do they come anywhere $200,000?
I'm sure it's not the norm but my wife had a three year period where she had three separate surgeries. One on her spine, one on her neck through her throat and one through the back of her neck.
Like I said, she may be the exception to the rule but her surgeries, hospital stays and related expenses were around a half million dollars. I'm blessed that we had good insurance, as even half that amount would have been ruinous. In addition, her private employer, (non union) generously continued her salary, in full, for an entire year, until she returned to work.
I'm certainly not looking for an argument, I know insurance is one big racket and drives up the cost of health care outrageously, generally speaking, we are in agreement.