• @ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website
    9•10 months ago

    One of the hidden aspects of paying for healthcare is the surprise amounts.

    Every time I see the doctor I ask if I owe anything, they always say no and then a week later I get a bill. Why is it a mystery even to those that work there?

    • @alcasa
      1•10 months ago

      They probably don’t want to get into any arguments regarding cost with a patient.

    • @odium@programming.dev
      6•10 months ago

      Assuming USD.

      In the year 1900 AD, $1 USD is equivalent to ~$30 USD of today.

      So ~130 years ago it was worth 30 times as much. That’s a rate of roughly 23 times more valuable per century you go back. There have been 20 centuries since the year 0. So 20*23 = 460 times as valuable.

      460*$47= $21620 of today’s money. In other words, yes, that’s pretty low for a copay in the US.