The insane healthcare costs in the US have a solid record in shocking the rest of the world . The killer bills are what a staggering 83%...
The insane healthcare costs in the US have a solid record in shocking the rest of the world. The killer bills are what a staggering 83% of Americans, regardless of their income, said make quality medical care virtually unaffordable in this Pew Center research.
Moreover, almost half, or 41%, of working-age Americans, regardless of their income, are struggling to pay off their medical bills and have accumulated debt over time, showed this research. So if there’s an American horror story people are honestly dreading, it must be the healthcare costs.
And in order to put this insanity in a different perspective, people are sharing medical bills and receipts from the past that are so cheap they genuinely look unreal. From a $7.50 X-ray bill from 1950 to a $4.85 delivery bill from 1947, the records reveal how prices were before taking a fatal turn less than a century ago.
My Great Grandma's Medical Bill From 1950
My Grandma’s Hospital Bill After Giving Birth To My Dad In 1955
1947 Hospital Bill Found Out My Parents’ Attic. Not Sure Who It’s For
According to Investopedia, one of the most apparent reasons when it comes to ever-rising healthcare costs is government policy. Since the inception of Medicare and Medicaid—programs that help people without health insurance—providers have been able to increase medical prices.
Hospital Bill From When My Grandpa Blew Up A Stump With Homemade TNT And Lost His Eye
My Grandma Just Passed Away And We Found The Hospital Bill Of When She Had My Aunt In 1957. Insurance Paid $100 So They Ended Up Paying $2.95 For Having A Baby
The Hospital Bill From My Dad's Birth In 1955. (Note The 5 Day Hospital Stay)
The study also showed that during 2019, healthcare spending was nearly $3.8 trillion ($11,582 per person), but it will climb to a whopping $6.2 trillion ($18,000 per person) by 2028.
I Found This Hospital Bill Sent To My Great-Aunt For The Birth Of Her Child In 1939 (US)
This Medical Bill From 1947
My Medical School Professor Showed Me This Bill From His Birth In 1955 (In The United States).
“Despite gains in coverage and access to care from the ACA, our findings suggest that it did not change the proportion of bankruptcies with medical causes,” stated the co-author David U. Himmelstein, commenting on the study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
“Unless you’re Jeff Bezos, people don’t have very good alternatives, because the insurance that is available and affordable to people, or that most people’s employers provide them, is not adequate protection if you’re sick,” he added.
I Came Across This While Going Through Some Of My Grandmother's Things That I Had In Storage And Thought It Was Worth Sharing
My grandparents were from Liberty borough this is the bill from when my mom Carol Davies was born in 1943.
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