Man Uses $1m Win To Finally Visit Doctor, Gets Terminal Cancer Diagnosis, Dies

[LadyForCamus]

Yep.  I mean, obv that number moves up or down depending on your income bracket, but still.  If you have to go see a doctor, get blood work, and then get an imaging test done, you’re probably looking at at least a couple thousand dollars in out of pocket expenses right then and there.  It’s absurd.

I got no clue how the system runs there exactly, but even if one can afford to pay that much in a year, if something bad were to happen to that person, that's money gone to waste that could have been used to pay off mortgages and bills and whatever

Exactly.  But, according to Alpha, everyone should be able to have like, 10k saved up, just for obnoxious insurance expenses, and if they don’t, then they’re just lazy.  Back in my twenties I had a bleeding ulcer that required a blood transfusion, an endoscopy, and three nights in a hospital bed. My final bill was over 30K.  It’s almost laughable.  Where do you live, Grand?