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[melneedsakidney]

1 year of dialysis = $89,000+ Kidney transplant surgery = $143,500+ Lifelong immunosuppressants per year = $17,000+ Being able to live a somewhat "normal" life after transplant = PRICELESS Do the math! I've been on dialysis for over 16 years (cumulative), had one transplant lasting 11 years, capped out of 2 separate private insurance policies (meaning I hit their 1 million lifetime max benefit and was cutoff), and I've had more hospitalizations and surgeries than I can count. I've accepted that I'll never not have medical bills piling up but I'll be damned if I give up on life because of how much it costs to keep me here! I'm worth every stinking penny! ♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️RECYCLE YOURSELF♻️♻️♻️♻️♻️ #BillionDollarBaby #SixMillionDollarMan #Dialysis #Transplant #Kidney #Reality #Healthcare #BionicWoman #CostOfLiving #Resources #HelpHopeLive #Expensive #Fundraising #WhyWeFundraise #RecycleYourself #Heroes #OrganDonation #LivingDonorNeeded #GiveLife #DonateLife #AreYouMyType #MelNeedsAKidney #TigerKing #Memes #HealthMemes #CarpeDiem #KidneyTransplant #BeTheChange #MoneyMemes #MedicareForAll (at Cape Coral, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/COdDjqlDEFN/?igshid=kdxs5no1zzd5

[melneedsakidney]

Just got my bill from the dialysis center I used while I was on vacation in Tennessee. $47,360.76 for 6 dialysis treatments if I were uninsured, Medicare paid them $1215.06 and I still owe $304.50 Beyond that, $47,000 for 6 treatments?! Get the eff outta here with that nonsense! How are these companies able to bill like that? That would mean for the average in-center patient who is getting the bare minimum amount of treatment they're billing $94,000 a month!! Hopefully that gives you all some insight as to how much it costs to keep stubborn ass people like me alive! Also, this is why a lot of folks are miserable and stressed out on dialysis. They make it so expensive for folks on only Medicare to pay for their life-sustaining treatments not to mention if they are well enough to travel, because that 20% coinsurance portion that we're responsible for adds up quick! This is another reason why I do home dialysis. If I had just sucked it up and took my machine and supplies with me for the two weeks I was there, I'd have not only gotten 5 quality treatments a week as opposed to 3 shitty ones, but I'd also not owe this 300 bucks! Thank God for @helphopeliveorg and the fundraising I've done through them, I can just send them this bill and it will get paid. If you're on dialysis, in need of a life-saving transplant of any kind, or have experienced a catastrophic illness or injury, please message me and I can tell you all about how with the assistance of the great folks over at HelpHopeLive I was able to raise over $19,000 towards my dialysis and transplant expenses! . . #WhyWeFundraise #Dialysis #Expensive #MedicalExpenses #CostOfLiving #Fundraising #HelpHopeLive #Support #GiftOfLife #DonateLife #YouCantTakeItWithYou #MedicareIsNotFree #IfYouGiveYouBeginToLive #MedicareForAll #TravelExpenses (at Cape Coral, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHyaSfzj-md/?igshid=zwb9bhdxy8s0

[melneedsakidney]

Yeah, so I'm not sure where these figures of dialysis costing an average of $90,000 a year are coming from because according to my latest statement from December 9th to January 16th (just a little over a month of dialysis) they have already tried to bill Medicare for over $94,115.64 and without a secondary insurer, I will be responsible for the remainder of what Medicare decides not to pay. #WhyWeFundraise #HelpHopeLive #TheStruggleIsReal #MillionDollarMel #InsuranceLiability #CostOfLiving #Ridiculous #Scam #MakeAmericaSickAgain #TooMuch #WheresBernie #HealthcareForAll #DrowningInMedicalDebt #CalgonTakeMeAway #OhWaitICantTakeBaths #Grr (at The House of Tuff)

[melneedsakidney]

Two new pills added to the regimen today. Neither covered by insurance. #WhyWeFundraise #MelNeedsAKidney #ShareYourSpare #Medicareless #TheCostOfLiving #WeDoWhatWeGottaDo #OnlyTheStrongSurvive #DialysisLife #CKD #HateTheWait (at Publix at Camelot Isles Shopping Center)

[melneedsakidney]

Bill #1- Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter placement. Bill #2- 1st diagnostic intervention and revision. Todays surgery (Bill #3) still to come. www.helphopelive.org/campaign/9104 #WhyWeFundraise #HelpHOPELive #CostOfLiving #HospitalBills #MillionDollarMel #MelNeedsAKidney #AreYouMyType #ShareYourSpare #DonateLife #ThankYouGod (at Gulf Coast Medical Center)