Health insurance can be worth it. Proof inside.

[K_Watson 10+ year member]

--- Sorry wrong place, mod please move to The Thunderdome. Thanks. ---

I am now very glad I have health insurance, even if it's costing me an arm and a leg.

A little over a week ago my wife woke up at 1 am with "extreme" abdominal pain. She decided she wanted to go to the ER. They did tests and a CT and gave her some morphine, and sent her home 3 hours later with a diagnosis of "severe constipation". Long story short, after more symptoms arose, and after visits to the doctor over the next few days, it turns out it likely was food poisoning.

She's all better now and this morning I open my e-mail to find a summery of charges for the ER and doctors visits...

ER visit: $5,676

doctor 1: $635

doctor 2: $107

My Cost: $200 ER co-pay

Click to read more...

 

[Digital Designs 10+ year member]

Cool story, bro.

 

[05fronty 5,000+ posts]

what? wrong section. btw it costs me only 50 bucks to go to the er

 

[ciaonzo 5,000+ posts]

Ummmm... Okay. Welcome to the site?

Oh, and pics of wife once the thread is moved to the Dome.

 

[SPLaudio 5,000+ posts]

would have been even cheaper if ya didnt have a wife,lol.

 

[Louisiana_CRX 5,000+ posts]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crazy.gif.c13912c32de98515d3142759a824dae7.gif

 

[Heeltoeclutch 10+ year member]

Wow man... That's insane. Very glad you had the insurance.

Welcome to the forum btw //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wave.gif.002382ce7d7c19757ab945cc69819de1.gif