Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29
Costco now offering virtual medical care for $29
Costco partners with online marketplace in selling health care services to the uninsured or those who prefer to pay cash.
The fact that not accepting health insurance helps keep prices low says volumes about the US healthcare system.
Egh that's just more profit than anything. They are making sure they have the buying power rather than sending 85% of those sales to insurance.
Buying medical advice from the same place you buy a 10 pound tub of mayonnaise is peak capitalism.
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Doctor, I can hear my pulse in my head and my veins are throbbing out of my temples. Are you sure I just need to eat more mayonaise?
You can also buy caskets.
Is that real? The funeral industry is horrifically villainous and predatory, companies like SCI could use a punch in the mouth from a bigger and less evil gorilla
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That's so crazy, and yet it sounds like a reasonable option compared to many of the other bad options out there
Yep, so basically, sign up for the HDHP that offers only a 30 minute annual checkup and menial bankruptcy protection if your issue is short term, for a few hundred bucks per months in premiums, then pay for your actual care needs through a transparent retail organization.
Insane that's the best option. Fuck insurers, their lobbies and those who keep them installed.
Yeah but you have to buy 5 knee surgeries wrapped in shrink wrap. I mean it’s a quality knee surgery, but I just don’t think I can go through 5.