[insurancesucks]

I'm on the hook for $128k for a no complications birth and 5 days my newborn had to be on a CPAP machine after blue cross denied the claim. I picked the plan only after confirming all our providers were in network, but failed to check if the building where the delivery was occurring was in network.

The plan at this point is to just ignore it and hope it goes away, since they can't put it on your credit anymore.

[deepfriedchokes]

If it doesn’t affect your credit, why would anyone pay? Sounds ripe for an act of mass civil disobedience.

[antisthenes]

I personally believe it is our civic duty and non-payment is the most effective non-violent way to show our opposition to the system.

[xenospn]

This is the equivalent of going to a restaurant and having the waiter spit in your empty plate and charging you for it. How insanely ridiculous

[apexalpha]

>I picked the plan only after confirming all our providers were in network, but failed to check if the building where the delivery was occurring was in network

What?

I'm sorry what kind of kaska-esque system is this?!

[ProllyInfamous]

>what kind of kaska-esque system is this?!

It's the system that us Americans are tricked into believing is the best and nOt sOciAlIsM. Certainly USA healthcare is "the best" — if you can afford it!

My personal belief is that the kafkaesque nature of so many systems is designed to keep people destitute and despondent — to quote ole TedK: "our system keeps people demoralized because a demoralized person won't fight back."

~"We'll keep them poor and tired; if they're poor they can't afford to fight back, and if they're tired they won't have energy to..."~ —Jeff (Jonestown Massacre)

Having dropped out of a US medical school (almost two decades ago), I can assure you things have only gotten worse (from a bottom 80% POV). My best method of pyhhric victory is to not reproduce, earn just enough to live minimally (i.e. lessen tax burden/revenue), and never pay for health insurance.

YMMV — I quit, a long time ago.