A “deal” on health insurance comes with troubling strings

An Arm and a Leg

Documentary, Health & Fitness, Medicine, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.1K 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.

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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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