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		noonespecial on Nov 3, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What I Learned from Losing $200M (2015) Having to pay $3k per month for health reasons sounds like the very disaster buying health insurance was supposed to guard against. If that $3k were paying a mortgage debt, it would be servicing more than $600,000!

tryingagainbro on Nov 3, 2017 [–]

If that $3k were paying a mortgage debt, it would be servicing more than $600,000!

Sadly, $600K is nothing in healthcare costs, at least retail price. A snake bite can cost $153K https://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/21/hospital-appears-to-charge-1... https://www.cbsnews.com/news/rattlesnake-selfie-results-in-a...

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