10+ Cases When American Healthcare System Left The Rest Of The World In Shock
The greatest country in the world is still trying to figure out how to keep its citizens healthy and not fully bankrupt at the same time. And while the whole world knows of the constant debate about the healthcare system in the USA, nothing makes you realize the importance of the problem as much as looking at the specific cases that are straight-up baffling.
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The greatest country in the world is still trying to figure out how to keep its citizens healthy and not fully bankrupt at the same time. And while the whole world knows of the constant debate about the healthcare system in the USA, nothing makes you realize the importance of the problem as much as looking at the specific cases that are straight-up baffling.
The list below is compiled of various instances that, unbelievably, are a common occurrence in such an economically evolved country. And although most of the people that shared their stories can't change the bills they've received, speaking about the problem is important as it might encourage a change. At least we hope so.
Scroll down to see the ridiculous cases for yourself and make sure to stay healthy.
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#1 I Had To Pay $39.35 To Hold My Baby After He Was Born
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#2 US Healtcare System
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#3 The "Radical" Idea Of Universal Healthcare
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#4 Medical Treatment Is A Privelege
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#5 No, That’s Unamerican
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#6 All You Need To Know About American Healthcare System Is That There's A Popular TV Series Where A Man Turns To Cooking Industrial Quantities Of Crystal Meth In Order To Pay For His Hospital Bills
#7 A Copy Of The Bill We Got When Our Daughter Was Born In Canada
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#8 Almost A Dystopian World Where People Wear Tags Like That
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#9 At Least We’re First In Something
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#10 We Dressed Up As Universal Healthcare For Halloween. In America, This Is Terrifying To Half Of Our Population!
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#11 Why Americans Are So Friendly
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#12 If "Breaking Bad" Had Been Set In Anywhere But America
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#13 American Healthcare
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#14 Healthcare Tip
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#15 Universal Health Care Disasters
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#16 American Health Care System
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#17 The American Healthcare System Be Like
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#18 Guess I'll Die
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#19 Abortion Is Murder And Every Life Is Precious But You Should Definitely Get A 3rd Job If Your Baby Is Sick
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#20 American Healthcare Reality
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#21 Important Questions
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#22 Future Of Healthcare
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#23 Crowdfunding For Health Care
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#24 Universal Healthcare
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#25 Healthcare...
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#26 American Healthcare
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#27 We Would Like Healthcare Too
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#28 As A Brit, This Is How I Plan To Dress When I Visit The US After Reading About The Cost Of Simple Healthcare
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#29 I Work In A Hospital Laboratory. I Ordered A Pack Of These Cheap Plastic Rulers From Ebay For About $6. Our Medical Supplier Charges More Than $80 For The Exact Same Rulers. This Is Why Health Care Costs Are Out Of Control
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#30 People Are Calling Uber To Be Taken To The Emergency Room Instead Of Ambulances
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#31 Pro-Life
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#32 Paul Ryan Gives Presentation On Trumpcare
#33 Welcome To The Usa
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#34 Hard To Choose
#35 Nice Hat, Though
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#36 Everyone Will Be Covered
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#37 My Cousins Child Birth Bill From The Hospital In The USA. Never Seen Anything This High
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#38 Fantasyland
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#39 The Only Insurance I Can Afford In America
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#40 This Is The Cost Of A Rattlesnake Bite In America
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#41 Insert Almost Every Flag On Earth Instead Sweden
#42 This Is How I Imagine The USA Health System Works
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#43 Everything Would Be Well Funded And Work Perfectly
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#44 Reproductive Health App
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#45 I Forgot My Meds And Had An Anxiety Attack At Work. My Boss Freaked Out And Called 911. Just Got The Bill Today, For Less Than 2 Hours Of Care And A Xanax. F*ck American Healthcare
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#46 My Buddies Medical Bill For A Month-Long Stay In The Hospital After Being Hit By A Driver High On Heroin
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#47 American Healthcare In A Nutshell
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#48 1.5 Bottles Of Insulin Costs About The Same Amount As A New Iphone
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#49 Healthcare Level: USA
#50 Paid By Taxes
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#51 In The United States, This Is What $14,714.49 Of Medication Looks Like
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#52 When You Can't Afford To Get Shot In A Mass Shooting
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#53 My Buddy's Son Ate A Penny, This Is How Much The Hospital Charged For A 5 Minute Procedure To Get It Out
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#54 Affordable Healthcare
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#55 American Health Care
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#56 American Healthcare, Explained
#57 You're Doing It Wrong
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#58 My Dad Celebrating Because He Finally Has Health Insurance And Is Able To Afford His Heart Medications
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#59 Good Healthcare
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#60 Universal Healthcare - I Think This Supports The Argument, Why It Is Good For The People
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#61 The Reality
#62 GOP Health Care Plan
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#63 Another Picture From The American Healthcare Twilight Zone
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#64 Obamacare And Trumpcare
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#65 I'm An American, I'm Awake So Here's My Medical Bill. The Occupational Therapy Is Particularly Amusing. She Handed Me A Toothbrush
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#66 Award Winning American-Canadian Science Fiction Author, William Gibson On Canada’s Universal Healthcare System
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#67 GOP Stance On Healthcare
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#68 “This Is About Profits, Not People”
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#69 Choose Your Own Healthcare Adventure
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#70 I Work In A Hospital. We Use These Simple Metal Baskets To Process Tissue Specimens. Our Hospital-Mandated Supplier Charges Us $700 Apiece For These. Seven. Hundred. Dollars. This Is Why Healthcare Costs Are So F*cked Up
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#71 Injured?
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#72 The USA Provides Free Health Care
#73 It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia On Health Care In America
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#74 Same
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#75 "We Don't Take That Insurance"
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#76 Insurance Agent Discovers Client Has Pre-Existing Condition (2017, Colorized)
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#77 Preparing In Advance
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#78 Drug Prices In Canada's Health Care System Vs Prices In America
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#79 Avoid Any Unnecessary Stress
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#80 Who Knew
#81 Mindset Of Americans
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#82 Peter Parker Had No Health Insurance
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#83 Got Just A CT Scan. F*ck American Health Care
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#84 This Is The Actual, Official Name Of The Republican's New Healthcare Bill
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#85 I Never Truly Understood How Much Healthcare In The US Costs Until I Got Appendicitis In October. I'm A 20 Year Old Guy. Thought Other People Should See This To Get A Real Idea Of How Much An Unpreventable Illness Costs In The US
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#86 When You Don't Have Health Insurance
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#87 US Healthcare
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#88 My Brother Fell While Rock Climbing And Broke His Neck, Back, And Ankle. This Is What The Bill Looks Like For Two Surgeries, A Week Hospital Stay, The Neck/Back Braces, And Ankle Cast
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#89 This Bill Is For Someone Who Was Hospitalized For About Four Weeks
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#90 God Bless The Usa
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#91 Trumpcare
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#92 Six Months Ago, At Age 25, My Wife Was Diagnosed With Cancer. Her Last Chemotherapy Treatment Was Yesterday (She's Now Cancer-Free). Cost Of Healthcare: $97,247.56. This Is Why You Need Insurance
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#93 Americans Spent 2.5 Times As Much On Healthcare As Citizens Of Other Rich Countries - But They Die 1.7 Years Earlier
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#94 The State Of American Health Care These Days
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#95 Complete Disregard For Human Life
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#96 Republicans Reveal The Heart Of Their Health Care Plan
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#97 The American Healthcare System Is A Eugenics Program
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#98 The "Affordable" Care Act
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#99 American Dream
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#100 Insurance, You're The Greatest
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#101 The Republican Health Plan
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#102 US Healthcare System
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#103 The Tests Show
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#104 "Everyone Deserves Healthcare"
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#105 Good Thing My Dad Had Insurance
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#106 I Finally Figured Out The Logic Behind The American Healthcare System...
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#107 I’m Going To The Hospital For A Minor Procedure. It’s Called It A “Wallet-Ectomy.”
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#108 Grim Fairy Tale
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#109 Senator John Mccain, Everyone
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#110 On The Bright Side
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#111 Bottle Of Eyedrops, $20 After Insurance. 'Murica
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#112 US Healthcare In A Nutshell
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#113 I Want That Universal Healthcare, Morty! It's My Season Arc!
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#114 My Father In Law's Hospital Bill After 2 1/2 Days In The Hospital For Observation
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#115 US Healthcare Bill
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#116 Hot 2017 Fashion Trends
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#117 American Health Care System
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#118 How I Feel With Strep Throat And No Health Insurance
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