(03-29-2020, 07:02 PM)hazard Wrote:(03-29-2020, 05:55 PM)SilverFang01 Wrote: In the US, receiving a bill for $40,000 would be on the low end, with supposedly good insurance plans. Adding a 40% increase in premiums on top? A lot of people--those who can actually get insurance-- are going to start considering going without.
I think you are conflating several things here.
First, I was talking about the cost of a single day use of a hospital bed, and only the hospital bed without anything more than the standard check ups.
Second, you aren't noting the cost of the insurance premiums. It'd be useful for comparison.
Third, wait, 40 000 dollars? That's 2/3rd of the median income IIRC, and for the lower economic strata at least one year of income, when you already are in the situation where you have month left at the end of your wages. You aren't going to be able to pay that bill.
Yes, you were right. I was conflating several things and for that I apologize. But the $40,000 dollar figure for treatment wasn’t that far off: Coronavirus hospital bills: A look at the costs for Americans
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