Imagine being a healthcare professional in a country without universal healthcare and working in the emergency department

@Myzery maybe they treat unconscious people and make them pay afterwards and if they don't it's jail for them lol...I don't know what to say... Better die in peace at home.

@HannibalAteMeOut It's not jail, but there's a good chance they could end up homeless.
Maybe jail from something they did out of desperation.

@HannibalAteMeOut But, yeah. I won't be voluntarily going to the ER ever again.

@Myzery well I wish you will never need it again!

@HannibalAteMeOut Thanks!

@HannibalAteMeOut Sorry, I wanted to come back to mention, my ER co-pay is $500, UNLESS they admit me. Then it's much less, so if they want my money before I am even seen, how do they know what I will owe? I know that they'd take their sweet time to return my money if I were admitted.

@Myzery oh so there's that too... Do you get the money back in the end or do some people just never do?

@HannibalAteMeOut Expect that money to be gone. You may get $20 back after a year or so. Don't hold your breath.

@HannibalAteMeOut I honestly do not know. Luckily (or unluckily) I have never had to be admitted. So they got my $500 fair and square. But, I always told the financial person that if they charged me $500 and I was admitted that they'd better have my refund check with my discharge papers, or I would be seeking a lawyer as soon as I was out.

@Myzery this whole thing you have to go through is outrageous!

@HannibalAteMeOut It is. It's ridiculous. Unless you're rich, you can't afford to get sick/injured.