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I'll never understand why we pretend that things are this expensive.

USA, of course, because I can't imagine anywhere else in the world working this much harder and not at all smarter.

FYI, Medicare is our government insurance for older or disabled people and is paid for mainly with taxpayer dollars as well as "small" premiums by members.

Screenshot of an itemized bill.The first line is a charge for an initial outpatient appointment lasting longer than 60 minutes, and is for 679 USD. The second line is a payment from Medicare for 149.49 USD. There is a third line for a Medicare Adjustment of 491.38 USD. The total patient responsibility is listed at the bottom and is 38.13 USD.

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[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 5 points 15 hours ago

My first appointment with a psychiatrist was about $550 AFTER insurance..and I'm in Canada .

They handed me some grade school color charts and told me to reflect on them. Never went back.

I will never understand why psychiatrics charge so much when they printed out Google search results.

Hope you get the help you need however. Everyone's different.

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

I’m in Canada

grade school color charts

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 points 14 hours ago

Not sure why your quoting that but ok.

Example..

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