I’ve been to the ER twice in the last 2 years. Once at the hospital blocks from my house & once while traveling for work 800 miles away. In neither case did I get charged out of network charges.
In fact in the 25 years I’ve paid for mine or my families health care I’ve never seen what you describe over lots of ER visits.
There are lots of things wrong with the US health system, providers systematically trying to get out of network fees isn’t one of them.
Not what kasey_junk said at all. It was responding to someone who said:
> It is basically impossible not to get fleeced by "health care" in the US.
The experience is evidence against this very strong statement. You have uncharitably decided it was making an equally strong statement in the opposite direction.
In fact in the 25 years I’ve paid for mine or my families health care I’ve never seen what you describe over lots of ER visits.
There are lots of things wrong with the US health system, providers systematically trying to get out of network fees isn’t one of them.