Posts tagged “insurance”

I hurt my back in February and navigated six months of billing hell despite full insurance. The saga ended with a questionnaire assuming I'd be suing someone -- with no option to say the accident was my own fault. American healthcare is exhausting in ways that go beyond quality.

I spent 7 hours in a San Francisco ER today with an acute back spasm, which prompted me to compare the NHS and US healthcare systems firsthand. Surprisingly, it's a tie: registration hassles exist in both countries, and both treated me without upfront payment.