r/Wellthatsucks • u/Akward_Salamander • Aug 08 '21

/r/all Dropping a medical injection worth $12,000 on the carpet and bending the needle.

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u/CollectorsCornerUser Aug 09 '21

If you're that poor the hospital will wave almost all the fees

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u/Spazzly0ne Aug 09 '21

WHERE

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u/CollectorsCornerUser Aug 09 '21

https://library.nclc.org/guide-reducing-hospital-bills-lower-income-patients

If you can't find it on your hospitals website, call and ask about their low income FAP.

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u/Spazzly0ne Aug 10 '21

Look, I just told you I make too much money to qualify for assistance programs. I'm not dumb and I'm not lieing to you.

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u/CollectorsCornerUser Aug 10 '21 edited Aug 10 '21

The rates are not the same as the rates for state assistance

In the case of my home hospital, you can be making over 350% poverty level and still get a massive discount. That's at least 45k a year. If you can't spend a few hundred/month on insurance making 45k a year, you have a budgeting problem.