| ▲ | trollbridge 4 days ago |
| I don't think anyone in America is actually paying a bill for $300,000 for a transplant. It's either paid for by insurance, or if someone doesn't have insurance, via hospital charity or a state medical aid plan. The only exception would be an absurdly rich person who doesn't have insurance. |
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| ▲ | nonethewiser 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Why would insurance cover a womb transplant? |
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| ▲ | Rebelgecko 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Would insurance cover a transplant that isn't necessary for survival? |
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| ▲ | pyuser583 3 days ago | parent [-] | | They cover cornea transplants, which are necessary for sight. But they tend not to cover fertility stuff. | | |
| ▲ | trollbridge 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Don’t worry, our current President promises to be the “fertilisation President” and is pushing to cover IVF and other fertility treatments mandatory on isursnfr. |
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| ▲ | wat10000 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| “American health care is incredibly expensive.” “That’s ok, other people bear the enormous cost.” Not really a win, that. |
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| ▲ | thehappypm 4 days ago | parent [-] | | That’s not how it works! The bill of $300k gets negotiated down to like $20k. | | |
| ▲ | wat10000 4 days ago | parent [-] | | The negotiated rate is still super high. There are procedures where it costs less to fly overseas and get it done self-pay than the out-of-pocket cost with insurance in the US. |
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| ▲ | lawn 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Don't forget the people who don't have insurance and are too poor to pay for the treatment, those suckers. |
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| ▲ | trollbridge 4 days ago | parent [-] | | If someone is low income and doesn’t have insurance, they should apply for state Medicaid or other assistance programs. These programs exist and are very helpful. | | |
| ▲ | AngryData 4 days ago | parent [-] | | While yes they should, that is still going to be minimal coverage that doesn't cover tons of stuff, especially something like voluntary uterus transplant. | | |
| ▲ | trollbridge 3 days ago | parent [-] | | It varies by state, but in some Medicaid is some of the best coverage you can get. (I have a personal mission to dispel the myth that poor Americans can't access health care, because often they can - and spreading the idea they can't leads to adverse health outcomes.) Specifically, patients aren't ever charged for anything. Uterus transplants are still experimental. The only ones I could find in the U.S. are in clinical trials and are being paid for by the institution to people accepted into the program, such as the one at John Hopkins. There are not gynecologists (yet) charging $200,000 for uterus transplants in America. |
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