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An Arm and a Leg

A “deal” on health insurance comes with troubling strings

An Arm and a Leg

An Arm and a Leg

Documentary, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Society & Culture

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2018

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

Bari Tessler is a little famous as a “financial therapist,” but even she gets rattled by the price of health care. Also: What my family is doing for health insurance next year.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey there real quick, if you appreciate an arm and a leg, this is the best time to help us make the show by making a donation.

0:07.3

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0:12.1

The place to go is Arm and a Leg Show.

0:14.0

dot com slash support. Thanks. Okay, here's a show.

0:18.8

Hey there, a little rough language just ahead. Don't worry, it is beeped and it is super worth it. But if you've got

0:25.1

little kids listening and you are at all concerned, I will hold here for a sec while you hit pause.

0:29.5

Ready? Three, two, one.

0:34.0

Welcome to our modern hospital where if you want to know a price, you can go fuck yourself.

0:39.0

Oh, man, that is the beginning of the most painfully hilarious thing I've read for a long, long time.

0:46.2

Seems you have an using head injury there.

0:48.6

It hit the internet a couple of weeks ago, published by McSweeny's.

0:51.8

What's that? You want a reasonable price quote up front for our services?

0:57.0

Sorry, let me explain a hospital to you, we give you medical care, then we charge whatever the hell we want for it.

1:04.0

It actually keeps getting better.

1:06.0

If you don't like that, go shit yourself and die.

1:08.0

The minute I saw it, I email the author, Alex Bia.

1:11.0

Honestly, there's no telling what he'll pay today.

1:14.8

Maybe $700,000.

1:15.8

It's a fun surprise.

1:20.4

And he wrote back.

1:21.4

We talked.

1:22.4

He's great.

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