r/healthcare is a subreddit with 111k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and news, and the community frequently discusses healthcare, insurance, struggling, worst, and cobra, and they frequently recommend/review health insurance and website.
Healthcare: systems, costs, problems and proposed solutions.
Popular Themes in r/healthcare
#1
Advice Requests
: "What options do I have if my insurance denies a hospital claim?"
6 posts
#2
News
: "A Texas program has poured billions into cancer research. Ken Paxton voted against It."
5 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "Posted in a UH Hospital. I don’t like it one bit. Soon will be everywhere we go."
3 posts
#4
Solution Requests
: "Pardone me if its the wrong place, but how much would it cost to start a SMALL health insurance company?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/healthcare
#1
Healthcare
: "Abdul El Sayed about gender affirming care: "Healthcare is a choice that should be made by the patient and their doctor... I believe that medicare for all should cover all Healthcare which is defined by what a patient needs in accordance to their doctor...""
43 posts
#2
Insurance
14 posts
#3
Struggling
12 posts
#4
Worst
6 posts
#5
Cobra
4 posts
#6
System
4 posts
#7
Job
4 posts
#8
Patients
3 posts
#9
Debt
2 posts
#10
Costs
2 posts
Products Discussed in r/healthcare
Health Insurance
3 reviews
#1
Medicare Supplement
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
Cleveland Clinic
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Duke University
5.0★ from 1 review
Website
2 reviews
#1
Healthgrades
4.0★ from 1 review
#2
RateMDs
4.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/healthcare
#1
Discussion
: "Profit over patients lives"
65 posts
#2
News
: "Dad’s Memory Care Costs $7,000 a Month. The Family Learned in One Phone Call That Medicare’s Share Is Zero."
48 posts
#3
Question - Other (not a medical question)
: "$250,000 hospital bill"
13 posts
#4
Question - Insurance
: "What options do I have if my insurance denies a hospital claim?"
8 posts
#5
Other (not a medical question)
: "Paid Premium, Denied Care"
5 posts
#6
Personal Medical Question/ Health Advice
: "Help please there's a movement I do, I don't really know its name, but it's like something is going in and out of my stomach, and it makes my body move in a way that feels like I'm being se.xually penetrated. The problem isn't the movement itself"
2 posts
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Yearly
+13k members(13.5%)
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Last updated: September 4, 2026