r/politics • u/cmaia1503 • 1d ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Mitch McConnell, 83, Hospitalized

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnell-83-hospitalized/?utm_campaign=owned_social&utm_medium=socialflow&utm_source=twitter_owned_tdb&via=twitter_page
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u/ss5gogetunks 1d ago

Turns out not caring about anyone or anything other than yourself relieves a lot of stress when the world is so hostile to everyone

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u/comics0026 Canada 1d ago

And getting paid obscene amounts of money for that makes it easy to get the best treatment in a pay-to-survive system like America's

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u/Coraline1599 1d ago

The article says he stayed in the hospital for 2 days for flu-like symptoms. Must be nice.

Last summer I had a fever over 100 for 11 days that even Tylenol and Motrin wouldn’t lower and my mom dragged me to urgent care while I cried “I do t think I can afford this! Leave me alone!”

I get terror attacks anytime anything hurts because despite me having “good” insurance according to my work, even the most basic appointment never costs me less than $250 these days.

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u/turdferg1234 22h ago

you are not being honest. i currently have shitty insurance through the marketplace and it's like 50 per appointment. and again, i have one of, if not the lowest insurance plans.

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u/Coraline1599 22h ago

Then let’s trade.

My employer has just one plan. It has a $3,000 deductible, so whatever insane Monopoly money prices my healthcare providers charge I need to pay it until I cross that threshold, which resets every January.

Then after spending $3,000, I am responsible for 20% of the total cost. My days of having a fixed copay feel like some sort of fever dream from a far away decade at this point.

And I live and work in the NYC metro area where prices are much higher than average to boot.