What does 3 days in the ICU cost?

[DailyDi]

Apparently $56,305.00

Thank God for health insurance!

[Nia]

That's a scary amount of money. I hope there isn't much of a co-pay and that your feeling better.

[Elfy]

A nice reminder of why I'm so grateful for the NHS!

[Abi]

Oh Elfy ... you're so ... what's the word I'm looking for???

[oleman72]

Glad I got Medicare.

[Snugglebear_69]

Glad I'm Canadian. Had an emergency appendectomy with over night stay and cost me $200 because I asked for a semi private room. Otherwise cost would have been $0.

[wetdiaper222]

WOW. That's more than I'm paying for my house.

I'm only paying $30,000.00 for my house.

[Snugglebear_69]

Damn. Where do you live? $30k wouldn't even get you a lot here let alone a house. I paid $377k for mine and we got a good deal on it.

[DailyDi]

I live in a similar market, cheap houses can be as low as 25k, Ours was 59k when we bought it, worth 82 now. (we added front and back porches, redid bathroom and such)

[Elfy]

And here I am in a one bedroom apartment that cost

[AwakenEvil]

Sounds like when I went into the hospital in 2012 because I thought I was having an heart attack. I know all the testing and all because my blood pressure was 172/140, and

[beallucanb]

You wouldn't have liked my

[Nat]

I hope your medical bill wasn't too high after health insurance.

[ruffledpanties]

I had an overnight stay in the hospital with stint for my heart artery in 2015.

[Dubious]

Would cost $0 in Norway, without insurance

[DailyDi]

1 hour ago, Spokane Girl said:

I hope your medical bill wasn't too high after health insurance.

[wetdiaper222]

6 hours ago, Snugglebear_69 said:

Damn. Where do you live? $30k wouldn't even get you a lot here let alone a house. I paid $377k for mine and we got a good deal on it.

I live in Kansas. The house I bought is 109 years old and needed/needs major remodeling, Plaster was falling down off the ceiling, someone stole all the wiring, plumbing needed totally redone.

Kitchen is useable, but needs an update soon as the plaster is starting to fall off the ceiling.

When I first got the house I camped out in my little camper until I got the electric turned on, it also didn't have a meter socket or power line too it.

I had to do all that. Thankfully I didn't have to hire the electric out and could do it myself.

I still have to finish dry walling the rest of the dining room once I get some more money. And then project will be replacing the foundation on one of the sides as well as the studs in some walls and floor sills.

Termites did lots of damage to the floor sills on one side.

I do love a good project though.

It's gonna need a roof as it leaks over one of the bedrooms, gonna probably hire that out once I get the money to do so.

My parents thought I was crazy when I told the guy I wanted the house.

I didn't have to get a loan or anything and only had to give the owner the first months payment which was $250.00 and that's what I pay per month.

I have 8 more years of payments to make and then It'll be mine.

The yard is a pretty large lot too.

[Dude84]

4 hours ago, Alvin Spacemunk said:

Same here Elfy!

So glad I'm British and get it all free pretty much

True, but there are still some ridiculous exclusions:

• Eye and dental charges originally introduced to pay for war expenditure; this was around the time of the Korea conflict, which I didn't know we were involved in. I guess it must still be raging. As someone who spends

[Darkfinn]

Name one thing America has that Canada doesn't... ... ...

people bankrupt from healthcare costs.

[rusty pins]

I cut my arm badly about 2 years ago but didn't go to the emergency room due to no insurance.

[Dubious]

10 hours ago, Darkfinn said:

Name one thing America has that Canada doesn't... ... ...

people bankrupt from healthcare costs.

Weapons

[Nyte Kitsune]

My recent stay in the hospital (Hemoroids were bleeding, lost over 2 pints of blood) cost me (After insurance) about $3100 US so far "Hope" I don't get any more bills, as I'm already tight on money after that until July 2017 (Minimum wage job). If I get any more bills I'll be filing for Bankruptcy this year.

[DailyDi]

2 hours ago, rusty pins said:

I cut my arm badly about 2 years ago but didn't go to the emergency room due to no insurance.

[Amyuser]

I live 2.7 miles from the hospital , in February the volunteer ambulance service picked me up realized I needed a Paramedic,

[DailyDi]

2 hours ago, Amyuser said:

I live 2.7 miles from the hospital , in February the volunteer ambulance service picked me up realized I needed a Paramedic,