hospital bills growing higher....

we too are up to our ears in hospital and Dr. charges. My husbands boss changed our insurance with out telling his employees ( apparently it had been on his to do list for 3 months). So this pregnancy that we thought would cost us around $400 in co pays will cost over $2400 when all is said and done. A bit of a shock that was. Not to mention complications started early and just the blood work (no longer cover because it is diagnostic) racked up $1100 alone. I do not believe in socialized health care but I do believe there should be limits to how much labs, hospitals and doctors can charge. It cannot cost $1100 to run blood through a couple machines and read the results. Not to mention the lab charged a $15 bill for sterile non-latex coverings, in other words $15 for a band aid!

Hello, I think this is one of the hardest problem of poor people/citizen in a country that doesn't have any good medical/health benefits for their citizens. Here in our country...if you are poor...you will surely die becoz,you can't afford the high bills of private hospitals. The government hospital can't give good services...ok,you can be confined and admitted by government hospitals,but,you are still the one providing your own medicines...so,if you don't have money to buy the medicines...you wait for any aid from other organizations that could donate you with free medications. I wish this health problem,esp with hospital bills will be resolved soon here in our country,many people were dying due to lack of good health services. I also wish,you can get through your illness. Have a nice day always

Things like this make me so glad I live in the UK. Our National Health Service has plenty of faults as people are very quick to point out - but, in the last 2 years I have had 2 MRI scans, 3 ultrasounds, 2 biopsies, 2 operations and NO bills for any of them. It costs me about £100 a year for prescription meds at the moment but that's all I pay for. I hope you will be well soon and that you'll find a way to get rid of the debt. It seems so wrong that the people who get sick most often then have to work harder to get themselves well again. Take care.

For this purpose, I am very glad that I live in India. Although the medical bills are costly here but credits must goto many charity hospitals which offer treatments for free of cost and some people are really getting benefitted out of this. MRI scan in my country costs around $300 for complete body scanning which is somewhat cheaper in comparison to toehr countries.Yes, even in my country the hospital bills are growing as every day passes by but it also has to be taken into account that the amount we spend for medicines are far lesser than the amount being spent by countries like US, UK for medical purposes.

if you have health social services cover them by having discounts some states offer free medical so their is little to pay .

I suggest that you can buy some medical insurance in the future so that a part of the cost will be covered by the insurance if you get so high bills.

check with your hospital's billing dept. Most hospitals have a fund to help people who can not afford to pay their bill. I don't know as they pay the whole thing but they may. I know they help people in your situation. Talk to them. I hope they are able to help you out.

hi ambitiouslyleiah I am so sorry I know that kidney stones are dreadfully painfull. Do you have health insurance, or are you like so many others unable to pay the high costs? see why we need nationalized health care in the US? it is not socialism at all but just helping our people here to adequate health care for all.I hope you can get some financial help. I will send my prayers for your complete recovery and hope other mylotters will also, and we may as well pray for national health care too while we are at it. good luck Good bless.

For me I have health insurance from the state which I am greatful for. You might want to check out and see if you quailfy for it. You can make a decent amount of money and still get it. Also I would ask the hosptial where you are going if they have a program for people without health insuarnce. Some do and they might cover like the hosptial bill for you but not services or meds. I hope this helps and good luck with passing the stones as well.

You can always go to the free clinics. Of course they suck. But you get what you pay for.

There's gotta be something to help you out.You should find out if you qualify for any type of medicaid.There's gotta be somethiing out there to help you.I know I can't pay doctor bills,way too much money.

I had a friend who was violently ill and went to the hospital with no insurance. He waited and waited for a doctor to finally see him, which actually never happened. Eventually, it was a nurse that told he was well enough, and that he should just go home. He was CHARGED for this. He was charged for waiting and never seeing a doctor. He fought with the hospital, refusing to pay, and they eventually just canceled the charge. It took a while though!