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raw_anon_1111 3 hours ago

How much of a nest egg do you think would let you afford a major operation like heart surgery or cancer care?

paulddraper 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Read the qualifier.

And heart surgery is ~$60k. [1]

That's <36 months of insurance premiums according to the earlier poster.

[1] https://cost.sidecarhealth.com/ts/heart-bypass-surgery-cost-...

raw_anon_1111 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I have never in my 30 year career paid more than $10K a year for health care across 10 jobs and that’s including working at Amazon with their shitty benefit package

mothballed 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It cost $30k for a loved one just to go to the hospital when their heart "felt weird" but absolutely nothing turned out to be wrong and all they did was run a couple quick scans and tests. I do agree with the overall idea of what you're saying that usually the premiums are way more than what you could get care for if you just saved the money, but the numbers on the website seem very wrong. I realize it's a total anecdote but from loved one's bills it is $20-30k just to get in the door and that is if actually nothing is wrong and there is no heart attack yet they're quoting $30k for an actual heart attack care.

scottyah 30 minutes ago | parent [-]

That's the pricing when you have insurance. It is cheaper if you don't.

watwut 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Even a minor one.