Heavy heart šŸ’”this is America

So, Iā€™m a nurse. Iā€™ve seen a lot of fucked up shit but all last week, I took care of a patient in their 50s that needs a new liver. We had been fighting to transfer him to a larger hospital base that has the equipment and staff to provide the care he desperately needs. And guess whatā€¦. He was turned away from most of the larger hospitals in the area because ā€œhe didnā€™t have the correct insuranceā€ as unethical as that is, heā€™s dying with no family aroundā€¦.that has had me in a mood all weekā€¦. Iā€™m angry, Iā€™m sad, Iā€™m fed upā€¦. This is happening more and moreā€¦. This could be anyoneā€¦.This always happensā€¦.life is incredibly short šŸ˜¢
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I had to have my gallbladder removed about a year and a half ago and I didnā€™t have health insurance at the time.. it cost $105,000ā€¦ we had to fight to get them to bring it down to $83,000ā€¦ then 6 months later I had a ruptured ectopic pregnancy. I did have health insurance, it cost me $15,000 plus the trauma of almost bleeding out internally and losing a child. The American healthcare system is the biggest jokeā€¦

The healthcare system is a joke. Iā€™m scared they are going to deny my daughter care because of our insurance too. She has a heart problem and I just know I canā€™t afford a cardiologist without the insuranceā€¦ when I keep getting denied for medicaid

@Maggie Iā€™m so sorry šŸ˜¢ Iā€™m praying for you and your daughter šŸ™šŸ½I hope everything works out. Yeah thatā€™s what the hospital said, ā€œtry having him apply for Medicaidā€ that could take months to process!! When he only has a couple of weeks at mostā€¦Seriously almost cussed the lady out but had to stay professional. This has become so normalized, itā€™s crazy.

@Izzy thatā€™s wild šŸ¤Æso sorry you had to go through that. Yes it is a joke , the biggest scam!! And at what price? All these innocent livesā€¦.

Medicaid is a joke too sometimesā€¦Itā€™s definitely hard to keep that calm sometimes. Respect to you for staying professional

This is heartbreaking

Horrible. That's why we need to stop giving aid to Israel and others. Israelis have free insurance, subsidized cost of living and Americans foot the bill, while low income and underinsured people in USA are dying. It's enraging.

The American healthcare system sucks. Im sorry he's being denied lifevsaving care due to bs reasons

For profit healthcare is sickening.

Deny. Defend. Depose. šŸ¤¬

@Laura šŸ‰šŸ‡µšŸ‡øāœŠšŸ» šŸ™ŒšŸ˜­

@Rasha denying aid to other countries doesnā€™t translate into subsidizing health care for your own citizens. Half of the country actively votes against any kind of subsidizations or any attempts to socialize health care - thatā€™s just how your population views taking care of your poor and disabled population - they donā€™t want their tax money going towards it and they have no compassion for those less well off. The money from aid is redirected to monetizing corporations, not helping tje average citizen.

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