Twitter Users Describe The Most Expensive Healthcare They've Received

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Sep 19, 2019 9:00 PM EDT

Twitter users are sharing their most expensive experiences with getting healthcare in America. Some people might say it's the most backward thing about America.

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    Text - Nunya Biznass @NunyaBiznass462 Replying to@BernieSanders $35k+ for an ectopic pregnancy. No ins. Have surgery or die when it ruptures. Made my X take me home a day early because I knew every extra minute there would bury me in debt. I should've been healing and grieving but was worried abt the bill. Beyond time for #MedicareForAll 14 9:56 AM - Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - J. Coleslaw @Time2fresh Replying to @BernieSanders What am I supposed to do? urn With Pavment IF PAYING BY CREDIT CARD, FILL OUT BELOW DISCOVER VISA VISA American Express| Discover MasterCard MasterCard SECURITY/CVW2 CODE CARD NUMBER EXP. DATE CARDHOLDER NAME ACCOUNT NUMBER CARD HOLDER SIGNATURE AMOUNT PAID $ PLEASE PAY THIS AMOUNT $60,974.40 THH HHHH| t Hospital Chicago, IL 6 233 12:21 AM Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Harmonee Us @Harmoneee_Us #PrideMonth Replying to@BernieSanders JUST ONE? 22k for being checked out after being rear ended. 45k for a surgery that took about 2 hours for two surgeons. 32k for a surgery that the doctors spent probably 20+ hours dealing with administration and insurance and took about 3 hours. 100k medical bankruptcy. FML 6 3:12 AM Sep 16, 2019 -
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    Text - Patsy Stone @MsPatsyStone Replying to @BernieSanders $120,000 per treatment chemotherapy bills 9:30 PM Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - Amy Sterling Casil @ASterling Replying to @BernieSanders $20,000 after my baby Anthony died at Tarzana Medical Center which was 15 minutes farther than the hospital where he was born where we were insured (Kaiser). He choked on his formula and was unconscious then died. V1,212 1:01 AM - Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - andrea mendes @AndreaMendes Replying to @BernieSanders $1,000 to have a surgeon walk in the room (late) for 1 whole entire minute and say "yeah your nose is broken" and leave 218 12:17 AM - Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Red Dad A @RedDad777 Tallidr Replying to @BernieSanders Wife just got $80 bill for "long visit". She was literally there for 5 minutes. 6 5:17 PM - Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - didderbops @didderbops Replying to @BernieSanders $10K to pay for our daughter's neonatal care one year after the fact. She died thirty minutes after birth and our insurance wouldn't pay because we failed to add her to our policy 951 3:40 AM Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Kuato Lives #medicare4all or stfu@.Sep 15, 201 Replying to @BernieSanders $1600 for out of network anesthesia. Everything was supposed to be covered, and he used out of network anesthesiologist. Deborah Newell Tornello @litbrit Happened to me, too! I had NO choice in anesthesiologists for foot surgery that was supposed to be covered (in-network surgeon and hospital). T was already unconscious when the out-of-network doc on duty that day came in. Had I been awake, I'd still have had no cho
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    Text - Kelp_Paddy @calico_rising Replying to @BernieSanders Attempted to charge me $600 to remove stitches. I did it myself in 4 minutes. That's $9000/hr. 1 11:50 PM - Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - CapatilismKills @Dawn4amber Replying to@BernieSanders $120,000 emergency room bill came the day I paid $8000 for my daughter's funeral. She died because she couldn't afford medicine and treatment after she was released. That is what access to healthcare gets you. 183 5:26 AM - Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - PapaMafmatik @mathrok Replying to @BernieSanders I spend approximately $5000 every year between me and my two sons. This is for normal stuff. Check-ups, walk-in visits, the occasional ER visit, antibiotics, etc. My employer pays my premiums. I'm terrified about what an actual emergency would do to us. 86 6:34 AM Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - Troy Rudd Squad Affiliated @troyrudd Replying to @BernieSanders In 1991, at age 21, I broke my neck in a diving accident. $1.2 million for eight months in hospital. After months of fighting with Blue Cross and Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, I owed $250,000 after insurance. Filed medical bankruptcy at 23 years old.
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    Text - Admiral Byrd was right! @SOOTY83 Replying to @BernieSanders $1,400 for a fing bandaid was billed as part of the final bill total was over 40k 6:41 PM Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - Darcys34 @Claudia0167 Replying to @BernieSanders I lost consciousness and my in-laws called 911. The 2 area EMTS arrived with 2 separate ambulances and fought over my unresponsive body. Eventually they decided which would claim my body and both sent me bills! 6:18 PM Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - JE Cooper @je_cooper Replying to @BernieSanders $12,000 for less than 1 hour in the ER. Lower back strain. The doc touched my back for all of 3 seconds, wrote me a prescription for lidocaine patches and steroids and said, "have nice day" 750 2:00 AM - Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Margaret Wilson @margaretcoucher Replying to @BernieSanders $115k for an emergency c-section to save mine and my son's lives. Luckily we have "excellent" insurance and only had to pay about $10k 10 3:11 AM - Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - Jenna @spookyslore Replying to @BernieSanders $800 for a psych evaluation which consisted of them asking me "are you gonna kill yourself" and thats it. 9:29 PM Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - Весса @Becca2400 Replying to @BernieSanders Account Summary Patient Name Statement Date 02/17/19 Service Date 01/04/19 01/11/19 Type Of Service Inpatient Service Location Hospital Account Number Total Charges $ 103,569.45 2,349 12:45 AM Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Samuel Douglas @CANCEL_SAM Replying to @BernieSanders $480,000 for my Dad's spinal fusion surgery. That's more than we paid for our house. It was "in- network" too. We refused to pay & told the hospital they had to work it out with Horizon, but they kept sending us the bill for months. Eventually they stopped. Who has $480,000? 108 11:06 PM - Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Conz Preti @conz Replying to @BernieSanders Where to even start... I got billed $3k a YEAR after my son was born because the insurance company deemed the emergency c-section "unnecessary". $9k ($3k which I had to pay upfront) for a miscarriage. $500 for the ultrasound that confirmed my baby had passed in womb. 9 3:32 PM - Sep 16, 2019
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    Text - Valerie @MysV4Bernie Replying to @BernieSanders The bill for the loss of our pregnancy at 17 1/2 weeks. Ins. paid all but 2000, the ambulance was an addl $1600 So, on top of the emotional toll it cost me $3600 I still owe them most of that money. Every bill and call is a reminder of losing my baby girl #MedicareForAll $613.00 $524.00 3ULTRASOUND PREGNANT UTERUS ULTRASOUND PREGNANT UTERUS Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance Payment - 03/28/18 Blue Cross Blue Shield Contractural Adjustment - 0
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    Text - Texan @Texan_21C Sep 15, 2019 Replying to @BernieSanders $15,000 for my sons birth. We had full coverage that covered birth. He was frank breached, upside down, & Drs told us if don't do C-section theres a chance he could die. That we need to do C-section so we did. Everything went great But insurance declined to cover it.. Texan @Texan_21C ...Insurance company told us we chose to have the C-Section. That it was elective. As if we just wanted to No we had the C-section bc the Dr told us o
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    Text - Josh, fount of optimism @abortu Replying to@BernieSanders When my best friend died 2 weeks after his 30th birthday, he had a bill of over 2 million dollars. 688 12:57 AM - Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Vince Nicholas @vincenicholas Replying to@BernieSanders It was hot. I hadn't eaten. I fainted. Ambulance shows up, they pull me in there with a/c blasting and stick an IV in my arm and pump me full of fluid. In 15 minutes I was 90% good I'm still taken to the hospital. 3 hours of tests later I'm declared okay. Bill: $12,000 4 12:52 AM - Sep 17, 2019 UC Davis Medical Center
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    Text - Tim Pool @Timcast $16,000 for all the work done related to a kidney stone It involved me sitting in a room, drugged up, and the doctors not knowing what was causing the pain After they figured it out they sent me home with painkillers, said they can't do anything for it, and sent me a 16K bill twitter.com/BernieSanders/... Bernie Sanders @BernieSanders What's the most absurd medical bill you have ever received?
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    Text - Amy Vilela @amy4thepeople Replying to @BernieSanders My daughter, Shalynne's, $350k medical bill to die a needless death. Treating her and saving her life would have only cost $1,500. All because she couldn't provide proof of insurance. 1,138 4:05 PM Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - One step ahead of the Qssos @artisteboy Replying to @BernieSanders $35,000 for addiction treatment. Out of pocket. It's the best money I ever spent, but quality addiction treatment should not be limited by class. Addiction is treatable. Everyone deserves the opportunity. 1,970 12:23 AM - Sep 15, 2019
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    Text - Benjamin Shapero @realBenShapero Replying to@BernieSanders $11k bill for an allergy attack that I already treated with epinephrine before getting to the hospital. Stayed overnight. Charged $1k per hour for observation. And they gave me eggs for breakfast. Which I'm allergic to. 391 12:19 AM - Sep 15, 2019
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