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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

literally me bankrupting my entire family after tripping over a rock: 🇺🇸😎🇺🇸🦅

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm sure this is exactly how Europeans react to getting stabbed

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Sometimes when a Canadian feels sad, a friend will stab him, just to cheer him up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yup, laugh our heads off. Proper giggles

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

provided we had replicators, yeah

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (6 children)

So, is it expensive to get stabbed in the US?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

With fewer and fewer jobs giving health care in the United States, it’s bankrupting to have any medical condition. Hell, without coverage, my medications would cost me over $700 a month. So if you have anything saved up, it’ll be burned away in one ER visit. It’s why so many avoid taking an ambulance or even bother going in. Personally, I think I would rather die, than go to a hospital without insurance. Even with insurance, my co-pay is $100. Our country has become downright dystopian for the older with any health condition. Anymore I feel like the country is ran by the damn Ferengi.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Depends on your health insurance.

Most people no, you're talking about less than a few hundred dollars.

In bad case scenarios where you go in an ambulance and need full ER surgery, you might end up with a few thousand dollars unfortunately.

Me personally, it would be $75 or so assuming no ambulance.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If you needed an ambulance it would cost more?!?

Sorry, Canadian and even though I know I shouldn't be surprised but somehow, America always finds a way!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ambulance companies are all private. When there's a traffic accident, they literally race to see which company gets their 55,000 pound F650 lifted 800 HP diesel behemoth to the site faster. Then they take as long as possible to load up to increase their billables.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

That is very incorrect. Each town has a contracts with a company if it isn’t done by the town itself. Mutual aid is done by town agreements. Everyone has their own sandbox and won’t go unless asked. Tow trucks on the other hand are the Wild West. I’ve heard stories of tow driver pulling guns on each other.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

We keep defunding health care here, so could be a reality for Canadians as well in a number of years if we aren't vigilant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ambulances in my experience cost $5000 per ride and are never covered by insurance, and I have Gold level coverage.

I believe it's a flat fee up until a certain mileage. Life flight helicopters otoh are what, $100,000?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Probably cost you upwards of $50k - $100k judging by what we've paid for far less intrusive "services."

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Technically yes, but theres a lot of options to make it cheap. Government healthcare like medicare and medicaid for example.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

How did you tell?? 🤌🤌🤌