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I just got billed $22,000 for a rabies course and I have good insurance. Four rounds of immunoglobulins are expensive.


Now you know why I'm waiting to see my PCP despite having earlyish symptoms of heart disease. Should I have a heart attack it's better to leave my wife a cheap, dead corpse and a life insurance payout rather than an expensive out of work husband. That's the calculus of the American medical system.


Are you uninsured?

Get checked. Think about it. If you're worried about money you will spend less if you catch and manage something early than if you're late and whatever you have doesn't kill you but makes you very sick.

If you're not insured, get insured. Financial planning via expecting death is just foolish.


Did you "get billed" that much in that this is what you now owe?

Or did you get a "bill" that listed before-insurance numbers which nobody pays and might as well be spit out by a random number generator?


Whoa, I always figured that Rabies would be like a state covered thing, given that generally every case makes a news article. Sorry that happened to you, did you for sure come in contact with Rabies or just suspected?


Stray dog so there was a small chance.




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