“What do you mean the account in the post office?”

Some Australian Thicker He was shocked, hearing that the bills from his American hospital The experience was only after the original publication of the film with information that “it wasn’t as bad” as he expected.

In the original Tiktker video The man sent on Monday explained that he had recently broken his wrist. After hearing about the American healthcare system and its extremely costly costs, the thickering said he had prepared for the worst.

“It’s not as bad as I expected. It’s not great, but it’s not terrible,” he said. “I thought I would be in a hole for thousands of dollars after breaking the wrist … I spent $ 250 for an urgent care and an initial X -ray of the hand.”

Tiktker said that after a specialist’s visit, another 350 USD was counted immediately, which means that he paid about USD 600. While he explained that in Australia something like this could be free or cost “maybe 40 USD”, he expressed that this experience was not “terrible”.

However, when the Tiktker’s film collected adhesion online, dozens of American users undertook to the comments section to warn him that another bill was probably guided by his path.

“I’m so sorry about the shock you will receive by post,” one user laughed. “I knew he didn’t understand himself immediately,” commented one user.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I’m [going to] Keep your finger when I say that … that the bill is not full, the bill wrote – another user wrote.

The thicker, whose video reached over 690,000 views, has been stunned with comments. “What do you mean in the post office,” he wrote in the commentary.

Although the thicker did not receive a full bill, he was terrified to find out that his initial estimates regarding the payment of “thousands of dollars” for his treatment were probably accurate based on user comments.

“So you tell me that in America you can be hit by a car, go to the hospital, you have insurance, but you get an invoice for $ 50,000 and you will actually have to pay the bill for $ 50,000?” The man said in the continuation video Wednesday. “It’s crazy. Why don’t you mix more often?”

Although health care costs in the United States can be partially attributed to the aging population, progress in technology and inflation, health care also remains more expensive in the US compared to its peers, because it largely perceives health insurance as voluntary, according to the report from May 2024. KFF.

Compared to similar US countries, they do not carry out so many negotiations to reduce the price of drugs. This country also does not have the main healthcare format, because the range of coverage differ depending on public and private.