My dog is fine, though, which is the most important thing to me. The raccoons scratched my arm kinda bad and my legs are covered in scratches. My doctor can’t be sure if the raccoons had saliva on their claws, and wants me to get rabies shots just in case. She sent me to an ER because she can’t get the shots in our area.
I’ve been at the hospital for 3 hours and haven’t been seen.
It’s after my bedtime and I have to wake up at 5am for work…
I’m not having a good time.
Choose your capitalist fate!
Path A: medical bankruptcy.
Path B: incurable disease and certain horrible death.
Quite a system the wealthy have built for us. I’ll be terribly disappointed if the book doesn’t end with a bunch of guillotines.
Path C: get fired without cause because you needed to take a day off to recover.
I’ll also be disappointed
So would I
Path C: Go out biting some people who have it coming.
$1500 or get rabies. Home of the free indeed lmao
Only in the US is it they expensive.
Otherwise infuriating and time-consuming… Perhaps everywhere. But really, rabies is not! something to mess around with. Even with the smallest chance.
On the positive side, you are now one of an elite group of those who have a raccoon attack story.
Not only that, but a raccoon gang. That’s like an initiation into the raccoon underworld, full of human trash smugglers.
My tired brain read this as you had to pay the raccoons $1500 or they would give you rabies. Can’t even go into the woods without being extorted.
Guess they took pointers from this dude
The problem is that if you pay them, all the other shit heads expect to be paid. The ticks will make you pay $2000 to not be infected with alpha gal and Lyme’s disease.
Medicare for all. Not only would your visit be free, but you’ll be paying less in taxes than handing blank checks to billionaires through for-profit insurance companies. That regularly deny your claims.
Go to the hospital and don’t pay your bill. It ain’t your job to keep yourself healthy, it’s the job of the government to keep their citizens healthy. Full stop. If you’re in the US they’ve become confused by their actual objective. It’s time to remind them.
It ain’t your job to keep yourself healthy, it’s the job of the government to keep their citizens healthy.
I live in socialist paradise and I still think that’s a weird, weird thing to say.
Why? I pay so much taxes. If I could withhold the taxes i would be able to take care of myself without issue.
That’s a helluva expensive shot. I mean, you should definitely get it, but nobody should have to pay that much for it. I guess that’s USA…
That’s just the copays for all the shots. I have no idea how much of the vaccines will be covered
What the fuck is your copay? There are only like four shots for the vaccine.
Damn Trash Pandas!
Also, rabies is no joke. Hope you get your shots soon!
I just got them. I swear to God if the raccoons come back…
I don’t know that I’d consider this “mildly” infuriating. Good on you for having any semblance of composure!
Thanks. I was panicked for a while, but the whole thing is absolutely absurd. Like, how many people get jumped by 3 young raccoons immediately after stepping outside.
wtf, it is time that the US will have a universal insurance for these things, but on the other hand, it depends what the people vote for. over here you would get the shot, no charges…
The majority (57%) is in favour of government ensured health care in the US, the government is just corrupt and the healthcare lobby will never let it happen. That said, most still prefer private companies be responsible for their health.
Source: https://news.gallup.com/poll/468401/majority-say-gov-ensure-healthcare.aspx
Yeah, that’s not a fun situation to be in. Are you fortunate enough to have sick time that you can use for this unplanned event?
I used all of my sick time when my ovaries were covered with cysts and I couldn’t move because of the pain. My work is very accommodating though, so I’ll be able to take time off unpaid.
Oh dear! That pain was probably unimaginable and I am so sorry you had to go through it. If I were your manager, I’d find a way to pay you.
