Americans Share How Much Their Hospital Bills Have Gone Down Just Because They Asked For An Itemized Receipt

I agree except with never change part. Vote please, everyone!

There are stupid people in every country the world over - look at the 5G tower/virus c**p that was happening in Europe? I also saw reports yesterday of German people holding lockdown protests and there are people in the UK ignoring the lockdown advice. So lets not pretend these things don't happen elsewhere. There IS a lack of understanding amongst some people about how 'socialist' health care works and fears that somehow they'll end up worse off. That 'competition' in healthcare is somehow beneficial (sold a lie here). There are also people who don't understand the difference between socialism and communism but I don't think that insulting people here on BP is remotely helpful. I just wish for people of the US a better way forward for their healthcare and hope it happens soon.

I couldn’t agree more with Dilly Millandry. There are just as many stupid people in your country then there are in the US. Our political leaders here in the US have been misleading and have lied their way up to getting elected, so perhaps some people here are stupid for supporting these people *cough* Trump *cough*, but in reality a lot of people here have and are being duped. But yes, there are sadly still some idiots who still love Trump.

Bd, it's not that simple. Most laws in America are dictated by lobbyist hired by corporations that spend billions every year. I wish it wasn't this way and our political system is so rigged it's impossible to change. I frequently wonder when there will be mass riots against the rich and think it's the only way things will change. For BJ, I completely agree with you even though your were downvoted a bunch. Generalizations have no place in society. Nothing is ever black and white.

So Bob, what you're saying is that the US government is corrupt. They are taking payment, in campaign contributions at least, possibly also under the table, to make rich people richer. That is so sad - that they don't care about the country, only about their own bank balance. If only enough people could see through it and vote in someone honest, someone who does care, but it is so hard for that honest person to get a high profile without the bribe money to pay for their ads I guess. I feel for the good and intelligent people of the US that they're so smothered by the rest.

But perhaps if your insurance company wasn't blindly paying $20k when the bill could be $2k, your premiums would be nowhere near as high. Of course the insurance company doesn't care because they get the money from you, but you should care that your premiums are way higher than they should be. It is sad that you don't give a s**t about people who are too poor to afford insurance. Sometimes people are poor through things they can't control. Not everyone who's poor is poor because they choose not to have a job. Certainly no child is ever poor through their own fault and with so many like you who don't care about that, they will struggle to fight their way out of it.

Erika Leon lol

Quite the reverse. We have a shortage of doctos, making many of our specialist waiting lists quite long. I waited about a year to see a specialist just to find out why I was ending up in the hospital with severe allergic reactions. 🤨 I thankfully still don't have to worry about someone I'm trusting with my health of trying to take the rest of my livelihood. If we consider the numbers just with Americans buying their prescriptions from our pharmacies(online too!) then the numbers get much heavier on your end. The point is those costs are so unnecessary, and this article just goes to support that.