so one time i was having heart palpitations
and i'm on strong amphetamines which can exacerbate heart issues so this seemed Not Ideal
so i went to an urgent care clinic and the receptionist like "uhhh we're pretty busy right now and tbh if you're having a heart problem you should go to the ER"
so i did a big sigh and we went to the ER
i was there for like ten minutes, they basically took my pulse and measured my o₂, a doctor came in and waved off the pills saying it wouldn't be those, i probably wasn't getting enough potassium and should take a multivitamin
the bill arrived a couple weeks later. and then a second bill a week after that. the doctor and the hospital billed me separately
i think it cost five or six thousand dollars in total
to be told to take a multivitamin
and that will sure give me pause about ever going to an ER again
anyway american health care is bad
Love 2 be billed by the doctors and the radiologist and the anesthesiologist and the facility separately and then sometimes one of these groups loses your insurance info or randomly gets denied so they try to balance bill you later. I'm glad my work has an on site clinic which is at least better than the 4 hour wait at urgent care (and realize i'm privileged to even have that option in this country), but really didn't help me when I had the kidney stone.