I once got a bill for my annual physical because the insurance company thought it was an office visit for an acute issue. The way they had it the doctor diagnosed me as only having one kidney, a fact that I told the doctor verbally during the visit.
It feels like they are calling dibs on adding something chronic to your file, even if you have known about it your whole life. Every doctor I go to still gasps at the fact that I also only have one kidney.
Land of the free, home of the bribe. Thanks, Uncle Scam.
And here I thought I could just use the
loophole to avoid exorbitant medical bills 
In North America, if you die before your boss gives you permission, they cast the next seven generations of your family into debt slavery
Over a decade ago, I was coming to terms with being transgender, and I visited my local doctor's office to get some advice for how to proceed. The doctor being ignorant and/or cruel billed my visit outside my insurance, and I ended up having to pay like $500 out of pocket even though they basically provided no help whatsoever.
"Are you sure, doc?"
The doctor pulls out his Smith & Wesson and turns the boy's brains into meat confetti.
"I am now. 800 bucks, please."
Do the EMTs themselves log this? Would they even be the ones to get paid?
EMTs have to make a detailed report of every call, both for the patient's medical records and in case that goes to court. Here it'd be important for the medical examiner. This EMT works for some kind of corporate fleet so they'd be logging things internally too.
It's why I couldn't work in any sector of medicine any longer. Saving someone just feels like being a vampire who's giving a now-disabled person a $100k+ debt to pay off. The single medicaid bed in that $3700/mo nursing home requires that the patient liquidates their entire estate down to >$3000 and now they're a prisoner being mined for medicaid billing milestones. People walk out of the clinic because their eyes are luxury organs and they can't afford to see. Participating in that just felt evil.
Thanks for the response. And christ.
I am worried that this is the scenario for my mom who's been in the hospital since January and even though she can't walk is going to be forced out at the end of next month because insurance is running out. Good country.
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