• stinky@redlemmy.com
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    8 days ago

    I’m very luck to have a high-deductible plan through my employer. They take about $300/month out of my paycheck for it.

    This year I had to have surgery, and now I owe the hospital six thousand dollars :)

    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts
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      8 days ago

      I broke my wrist at the start of 2023 and the bill to me after insurance was $6k lol. I saw the bill the doctor submitted to insurance and it was $40k. The ambulance bill came in separately at around $800.

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    8 days ago

    I first read it as “mechanical debt” (probably because of the gear-shaped figure), and had an existential crisis for a few milliseconds. I need to take my car to the shop as soon as I can afford it.

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      5 days ago

      New thread but yeah. Also the answer will be trains. I have never been able to afford a car repair. I just cut meals and get chronic health issues. See? It comes back around. The systemic misdirection of work and worth cascades into general disrepair of the working and subjugated classes.

      I had a funny dream everyone was on ubi, and grease monkeys just hung around the public garages hoping someone comes by with a problem or a question. Also there were fruit trees in the park. Something else is possible while we still have some resources.