Healthcare is on everyone’s mind these days, and the 2020 election is full of ideas on how to take our broken system and make it better.

Senator Bernie Sanders is and has been passionate about the topic for much of his career, and is championing a controversial Medicare for All plan that would see the end of private insurance offerings for good.

Regardless of what you think about Medicare for All, I’m sure we can all agree that healthcare costs are too damn high, and something has to be done.

Recently on Twitter, he asked his followers to share the most absurd medical bill they ever got in the mail, and you guys.

What’s the most absurd medical bill you have ever received?

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 15, 2019

They delivered.

20. Always decline the ambulance ride.

It was hot. I hadn't eaten. I fainted.

Ambulance shows up, they pull me in there with a/c blasting and stick an IV in my arm and pump me full of fluid.

In 15 minutes I was 90% good.

I'm still taken to the hospital.

3 hours of tests later I'm declared okay.

Bill: $12,000. 🖕

— Vince Nicholas (@vincenicholas) September 17, 2019

19. Nobody should be worrying about the bill.

https://twitter.com/NunyaBiznass462/status/1173536065837309959

18. Yeah, that’s not a choice.

…Insurance company told us we chose to have the C-Section. That it was elective. As if we just wanted to

No we had the C-section bc the Dr told us our son could die if we do natural birth. What choice is that!?!

Why I was soooo glad when Obama took insurance cos to task

— Texan (@Texan_21C) September 15, 2019

17. This one might win for most ridiculous.

I lost consciousness and my in-laws called 911. The 2 area EMTs arrived with 2 separate ambulances and fought over my unresponsive body. Eventually they decided which would claim my body and both sent me bills!

— Darcys34 (@Claudia0167) September 16, 2019

16. I’m not sure that’s really science.

https://twitter.com/spookyslore/status/1173710617301135361

15. Heartbreaking AND absurd.

$10K to pay for our daughter's neonatal care one year after the fact. She died thirty minutes after birth and our insurance wouldn't pay because we failed to add her to our policy.

— Julius Vercingetorix (@didderbops) September 15, 2019

14. A whole new level of insult to injury.

Where to even start…
I got billed $3k a YEAR after my son was born because the insurance company deemed the emergency c-section "unnecessary".

$9k ($3k which I had to pay upfront) for a miscarriage.

$500 for the ultrasound that confirmed my baby had passed in womb.

— Conz Preti (@conz) September 16, 2019

13. We need equal opportunity healing.

$35,000 for addiction treatment. Out of pocket. It's the best money I ever spent, but quality addiction treatment should not be limited by class. Addiction is treatable. Everyone deserves the opportunity.

— This ain't no Disco (@artisteboy) September 15, 2019

12. I’ll bring my own Band-Aid.

https://twitter.com/S00TY83/status/1173668241794895873

11. Only the rich get to live.

https://twitter.com/MsPatsyStone/status/1173710744321478662

10. I mean what else can you do?

In 1991, at age 21, I broke my neck in a diving accident.
$1.2 million for eight months in hospital.
After months of fighting with Blue Cross and Loyola University Medical Center in Chicago, I owed $250,000 after insurance.

Filed medical bankruptcy at 23 years old.

— Troy (@troyrudd) September 15, 2019

9. It would be funny if it wasn’t so infuriating.

https://twitter.com/realBenShapero/status/1173028546358304768

8. Answer: hardly anyone.

https://twitter.com/CANCEL_SAM/status/1173372631455797249

7. That’s a pretty penny for stuff you could have gotten at Walgreens.

https://twitter.com/je_cooper/status/1173053900145905664

6. You need a surgeon for that?

$1,000 to have a surgeon walk in the room (late) for 1 whole entire minute and say “yeah your nose is broken” and leave

— andrea (@AndreaMendes) September 15, 2019

5. That’s a pretty high price for wielding a pair of tweezers for under 5 minutes.

https://twitter.com/calico_rising/status/1173746050252693506

4. Kidney stones are the worst and if $16k would help, I would have paid it.

$16,000 for all the work done related to a kidney stone

It involved me sitting in a room, drugged up, and the doctors not knowing what was causing the pain

After they figured it out they sent me home with painkillers, said they can't do anything for it, and sent me a 16K bill https://t.co/usqUJfqeYO

— Tim Pool (@Timcast) September 15, 2019

3. I think they’re billing the wrong person.

https://twitter.com/RealMuse87/status/1173434693082943488

2. Everyone should have a problem with this.

My daughter, Shalynne's, $350k medical bill to die a needless death. Treating her and saving her life would have only cost $1,500. All because she couldn't provide proof of insurance.

— Amy Vilela (@amy4thepeople) September 15, 2019

1. What on earth does most of that even mean?

The bill for the loss of our pregnancy at 17 1/2 weeks.
Ins. paid all but 2000, the ambulance was an addl $1600.
So, on top of the emotional toll it cost me $3600.
I still owe them most of that money. Every bill and call is a reminder of losing my baby girl 💔 #MedicareForAll pic.twitter.com/HkVjyG5Ur0

— ~ Valerie ~ (@MysVZ) September 15, 2019

I’m not here to discuss politics, but I think we can all agree that most of these are pretty darn silly.

If you were running for president, how would you solve the problem of rising healthcare costs, access to care, care for veterans, and all the rest?

There’s no easy answer, of course, but give it a go!

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20 Americans Share the Most Absurd Medical Bill They Ever Received

20. Always decline the ambulance ride.

19. Nobody should be worrying about the bill.

18. Yeah, that’s not a choice.

17. This one might win for most ridiculous.

16. I’m not sure that’s really science.

15. Heartbreaking AND absurd.

14. A whole new level of insult to injury.

13. We need equal opportunity healing.

12. I’ll bring my own Band-Aid.

11. Only the rich get to live.

10. I mean what else can you do?

9. It would be funny if it wasn’t so infuriating.

8. Answer: hardly anyone.

7. That’s a pretty penny for stuff you could have gotten at Walgreens.

6. You need a surgeon for that?

5. That’s a pretty high price for wielding a pair of tweezers for under 5 minutes.

4. Kidney stones are the worst and if $16k would help, I would have paid it.

3. I think they’re billing the wrong person.

2. Everyone should have a problem with this.

1. What on earth does most of that even mean?

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20. Always decline the ambulance ride.

19. Nobody should be worrying about the bill.

18. Yeah, that’s not a choice.

17. This one might win for most ridiculous.

16. I’m not sure that’s really science.

15. Heartbreaking AND absurd.

14. A whole new level of insult to injury.

13. We need equal opportunity healing.

12. I’ll bring my own Band-Aid.

11. Only the rich get to live.

10. I mean what else can you do?

9. It would be funny if it wasn’t so infuriating.

8. Answer: hardly anyone.

7. That’s a pretty penny for stuff you could have gotten at Walgreens.

6. You need a surgeon for that?

5. That’s a pretty high price for wielding a pair of tweezers for under 5 minutes.

4. Kidney stones are the worst and if $16k would help, I would have paid it.

3. I think they’re billing the wrong person.

2. Everyone should have a problem with this.

1. What on earth does most of that even mean?

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