Social media users were dumbfounded after watching a TikTok video claiming to reveal the staggering cost of staying in a U.S. hospital for someone who was infected by the viral pathogen responsible for the pandemic.
Posted by the @letstalkaboutbusiness TikTok account, the clip showed the hospital stay medical costs totaling nearly three million dollars.
According to the Daily Dot, the post received more than 8 million views in less than 24 hours.
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The top of the document read, "This is not a bill," indicating the paperwork was meant as an explanation of medical charges for the presumably insured patient, and not a bill.
Before scrolling through the itemized list, the text appearing on the video read, "4 months in a USA hospital with [the virus]," before revealing the total cost, which came to $2,850,776.10.
The list included respiratory therapy for $550,000, intensive care stay for $324,349.00, and more than $404,000 for intermediate ICU.
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Many international TikTokers assumed the patient was responsible for actually paying the bill and commented on seeing an example of exorbitant healthcare in America.
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In the comments, @letstalkaboutbusiness wrote:
"Honestly, this should be an advertisement for insurance."
The TikToker promised a part 2 showing the total after insurance would be posted on their page soon.
But so far, there has been no update.