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leftieNanner

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1. This is terrible!

Reply to ansible (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2019, 04:42 PM

Nov 2019

My husband and I (in our 60s) always buy travel insurance (including health) now when we go out of the country.

Things can happen anywhere. Hope Mr. Johnson figures this out and hope his health improves.

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American couple held captive in Mexican hospital unless they pay bill [View all] ansible Nov 2019 OP

This is terrible! leftieNanner Nov 2019 #1

The hospital said he isn't well enough to travel lunatica Nov 2019 #4

Very Strange, now that you mention it leftieNanner Nov 2019 #5

You're right, this story is missing something. lunatica Nov 2019 #9

Like that almost certainly all the people he said tried to stop him Hortensis Nov 2019 #11

It reminds me of the 1st episode of the Walking Dead. lunatica Nov 2019 #14

Lol. I wouldn't bet it didn't bring that to the staffers' minds also. Hortensis Nov 2019 #22

LOL! lunatica Nov 2019 #2

This is not about trump. Mexico and lots of impoverished nations have really mucifer Nov 2019 #6

Mexico has state of the art medical facilities. lunatica Nov 2019 #8

Yup. And have had a national healthcare system for decades. Hortensis Nov 2019 #10

Well they have the money but the 1% gets it. lunatica Nov 2019 #12

Not an overly rich country, but yes. They're having avocado Hortensis Nov 2019 #17

Different sorts of cartels run the U.S. health care industries. hunter Nov 2019 #23

Come on. People who imagine a "nevertheless" between Hortensis Nov 2019 #24

People in the U.S.A. tend to think their own health care plans are great... hunter Nov 2019 #29

Yes, us too. Most people use their healthcare plans. They know what Hortensis Nov 2019 #34

The majority can't afford those facilities. I am a pediatric hospice nurse mucifer Nov 2019 #18

I have read about this. It's growing internationally. Not allowing patients to leave when mucifer Nov 2019 #3

scary Demovictory9 Nov 2019 #16

Wish trying to walk out on bills was unusual. When people leave Hortensis Nov 2019 #7

The last time I had an operation here in Germany DFW Nov 2019 #13

That is why you buy medical travel insurance. whistler162 Nov 2019 #15

I wonder how much of the problem is the US lack of a national healthcare system csziggy Nov 2019 #19

What kind of dumbass goes on a cruise Codeine Nov 2019 #20

Maybe the cruise lines should require it. hunter Nov 2019 #31

What of dumbass is a diabetic without insurance TexasBushwhacker Nov 2019 #35

Here is an article explaining the international issue of hospitals detaining people: mucifer Nov 2019 #21

No health insurance ripcord Nov 2019 #25

I thought the same Sanity Claws Nov 2019 #26

Health insurance can cost $200 a month Beringia Nov 2019 #28

Yeah, and now bailed out by a wealthy celebrity. cwydro Nov 2019 #32

My sister got sick on a cruise we were on recently in Europe. kimbutgar Nov 2019 #27

Read your private insurance benefits book if you have private. Blue anthem plans and United emmaverybo Nov 2019 #30

Just last week I went to the ER by ambulance with a friend who had fallen in Toledo PT SharonClark Nov 2019 #33