Hospital Emergency Room Cost- Why You Need Health Insurance

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Thank God I have Health Insurance. I know I’ve posted about how anyone who doesn’t have health insurance is an accident waiting to happen but I thought I’d provide a recent example that happened to me a few months ago. I foolishly rode my electric scooter in 100 degree plus weather without drinking much water and I suffered heat stroke for the first time in my life. I thought I was going to die and a friend who got the paramedics for me said all the color had gotten out of my face. I literally could not put together 2 sentences in a row and could not remember my family’s phone number.

When I got to the Hospital, the Doctors assured me I was dehydrated and they were going to put me on IVs for 2 hours. After the first hour, I came around and by the second hour I was my own self and I was well enough to go home. For this entire experience the Hospital, for which I was grateful for, charged over $1500. Luckily with insurance, I just had to pay $100 out of pocket.

Heres how they broke down the charges:

Outpatient Drugs $550
Supplies $80
ER Clinic/Miscellaneous $925

The bottom line is, if you have to go to the Hospital Emergency Room without insurance you’re going to be billed a pretty penny that you might not be able to afford. All it takes is just one stupid accident, so I recommend you get Health Insurance before something happens to you that you didn’t plan on. Please check out our large Online Discount Gift Store click here and our other Online Discount Stores below which helps support this politically incorrect blog. Thank you.

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