I was thinking the same thing an surely the cinema has insurance . I dont believe any of the victims should be out of pocket .

The health sector in the US can charge whatever it likes to people who don’t have health insurance, so you hit doubly hard because of the fantasy bills they dream up.

Health insurance companies have negotiating power, so they basically tell their “in-network” doctors what they’re going to get paid. When you get the bill you can see exactly what the original charge was, and what your insurance decided to pay. You don’t have to pay the difference.

A lot of people don’t have health insurance. Sometimes because they can’t afford it – even though there are cheap policies available that cover all fees in a given year over e.g. $10k. Obama is trying to change this, but interestingly enough a lot of people are objecting because they want to be able to choose not to pay for it.

He’d be better off going to Kazakhstan, they’ll do it for 20 quid!

Probably cheaper than Ireland once you add up income tax, VHI, excess payments and the other payments they hit you with that are not covered by “insurance”.

Yes that’s true, we pay monthly for what they pay weekly. And you have no real choice as you have to have it.

Income taxes are far lower, incomes are higher. That is part of the “how”.

The other part, this is just breathless hearsay. Americans are fascinated by the idea of “free health insurance” as we supposedly have in Ireland.

The last part – a $1000/month plan is what they call a “cadillac plan”. Maximum coverage and minimum outlay if you have medical bills. If you’re willing and able to cover some part of the bills yourself (a fractional part) then you can get health insurance much more cheaply.

eHealthInsurance.com plan for family for four = $239.10 per month.

We pay a hell of lot more in Ireland. Other European countries have better systems, but in Ireland they screw us and we have to like it.