A U.S. citizen has taken to social media to rant about the country’s healthcare system after being charged over $9,000 for a hospital visit involving his wife.
In a post shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, the man revealed that he took his wife to the hospital a few weeks ago due to stomach pain.
She underwent a CT scan, which thankfully revealed nothing serious.
However, he expressed shock after receiving a bill totaling $9,117.42 for the scan and medications, describing the situation as evidence that the U.S. healthcare system is broken.
He wrote: “A few weeks ago my wife went to the hospital for stomach pain. They did a CT Scan of her abdomen and thankfully didn’t find anything serious.”
“Today we got the bill in the mail: $9,117.42. Healthcare is broken.”
The post sparked reactions from several users who shared similar frustrations and experiences with the healthcare system in the U.S.
See some reactions below:
@RealPatrickWebb: “Insanity. This is why people die—because they can’t afford to get checked out unless something is seriously wrong. Everyone should be able to monitor their health without it costing an arm and a leg.”
@BeijingDai: “In China, CT costs about 80-150 dollar, but 9000+ in US. This is what I call ‘painful GDP’, which does not contribute much to people’s happiness, but contributes a lot to statistical GDP, and the United States is far ahead in this regard. Another example is lawyer.”
@RealReeceR: “My brother got hit head on by a drunk driver with no drivers license or insurance and was in ICU for 3 weeks as a result. 4 years later the hospital put a lien on his home for $856,000. Roughly half of that was from imaging fees alone.”
@_ChristIsLord: “I took my son in for his annual physical wellness check up. The appointment lasted about 15 minutes. No X-rays. No tests. 1 flu shot and that was it. They billed $1,000. My insurance covered most of it, but to me this is an obvious form of legalized theft.”
@DennisP220: “I understand but those machines are very expensive as are the training and overhead/operating costs. Tech advances in medicine are not cheap. Countries like Canada and the UK are notorious for waiting times for a procedure like MRI or CT of months.”
@HopeSRN: “CT scans are Very expensive!! The equipment use and the expert staff to complete the scan professionally!”
@Dstat_THR: “Went to the clinic for my son who had a fever and his ear hurt. I knew it was an ear infection, and needed a Dr to write a script for antibiotics. We were there 5 min. Dr walked in, looked in ear said “Yup, ear infection” sent the script and we left. We are insured. $870 bill.”
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