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Right-Wing Jesus Strikes Again (lemmygrad.ml)

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[-] ShranTheWaterPoloFan@startrek.website 9 points 1 year 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@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] pseudorandom@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

$47 seems pretty low for a copay

[-] odium@programming.dev 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.