What happened: During a visit to the doctor in the United States, a woman was charged $40 (£32) for shedding a tear. Camille Johnson, a YouTuber from New York, claims that her sister suffers from a rare ailment and has been “seriously suffering” to receive adequate care. Click here to read the full thread. Details: Johnson stated on Twitter that her sibling “became tearful because she felt frustrated and helpless” during a recent trip to the clinic. As a result, she was charged with a “short emotional and behavioural assessment.” “They charged her $40 after one tear,” Johnson said, “without asking her why she was crying.” More: Johnson said her sister had to pay more for sobbing than for seemingly more sophisticated testing as she went on about how incompetent is US healthcare system, “They charged her more for crying than for a risk assessment of her health. They charged her more for crying than for drawing blood from a capillary.” According to a photo of the bill Johnson’s sister was charged between $15 and $30 for all of the other tests.