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Blimey! This is scary...

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    Blimey! This is scary...

    Appendicitis, $55,000!!....



    #2
    The federal government spends more per head on healthcare than the NHS does. That injected into pseudo-private healthcare in probably the most heavily regulated pharmaceutical market in the world = expensive

    And now look at the effects of Obamacare - he obviously saw greenspan & bernanke fighting the effects of money printing by printing more money, and thought he'd follow suit.

    It almost feels like politicians aren't qualified to centrally control trillion dollar economies

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      #3
      Originally posted by stek View Post
      Appendicitis, $55,000!!....
      Bloody hell! They charge more than I do!
      Free advice and opinions - refunds are available if you are not 100% satisfied.

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        #4
        I've been in just over 2 weeks, no operations except a couple of local anaesthetic ones to put tubes in, a blood transfusion, lots of painkillers, a pile of other drugs, several x rays, ultrasounds and a CT and some chemotherapy.

        Must be well over $250k, at least.
        While you're waiting, read the free novel we sent you. It's a Spanish story about a guy named 'Manual.'

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          #5
          Originally posted by doodab View Post
          I've been in just over 2 weeks, no operations except a couple of local anaesthetic ones to put tubes in, a blood transfusion, lots of painkillers, a pile of other drugs, several x rays, ultrasounds and a CT and some chemotherapy.

          Must be well over $250k, at least.
          Think of all those fat suits they could have bought.
          What happens in General, stays in General.
          You know what they say about assumptions!

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            #6
            Suddenly I feel better about paying €700 every month for my family Deutsch medical insurance.
            "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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              #7
              Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
              Suddenly I feel better about paying €700 every month for my family Deutsch medical insurance.
              The person in this case had medical insurance. They still had to pay $11k... that's the part I don't really understand, the whole point of insurance is to cover you. That extra $11k doesn't make a massive difference to the insurance company but it does to a typical person having to potentially take time off work on top of everything else.
              Originally posted by MaryPoppins
              I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
              Originally posted by vetran
              Urine is quite nourishing

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                #8
                IIRC and I don't have a link, the typical NHS cost of an emergency admission and appendectomy (without complications) is about £2,500.

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                  #9
                  Room and board: $4878.00. That's a pretty expensive hotel.
                  Will work inside IR35. Or for food.

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                    #10
                    Do you mean the cost to the NHS in terms of cost price on materials, salaried hours of people involved Greg?
                    Originally posted by MaryPoppins
                    I'd still not breastfeed a nazi
                    Originally posted by vetran
                    Urine is quite nourishing

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