The thing people don’t realize is that we already have universal healthcare, but in a stupid, cruel way. A hospital will treat anybody, but they’ll go into debt for the amount they “should” have paid, and everyone who does pay already pays for them.
Also - If anyone reading this is uninsured and needs medical attention - get treatment and ignore the bills. Medical debt might as well be imaginary. It’s essentially ignored by credit bureaus. Hospitals sell it off to debt collectors who will try to get you to pay, but just end up selling it off again and again until it goes away 99.99% of the time.
Don’t ignore something potentially serious over financial concerns.
This is not really true though. If you need cancer treatment and don’t have insurance (or if your insurance won’t cover treatment) you can’t just walk into a hospital and demand to see a specialist, much less get surgery or chemotherapy.
Yes they will take you in for your last moments and put you in a corner to die, but that is not what people normally think of as healthcare.
TheStaffmaster@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I needed to get an MRI a few years back. Cost with insurance was $1,200. I was paying it and after a few months (because i literally could not set up a payment plan because I knew as soon as i did I’d fail to meet it; I had the money each month, just i couldn’t tell you when I’d have it, specifically) it went to a collections agency. $400. I have refused to pay it, as I was making payments in good faith, and they STILL sold off my debt after 6 months. YOU CAN GET FUCKED THOMAS AGENCY. IF YOU WANT THAT MONEY GET SPECTRUM RADIOLOGY TO GIVE IT TO YOU BACK SO I CAN RESUME PAYMENTS TO THEM.