On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 08:18:44 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

> "Gary" wrote in message ...
>
> Cheri wrote:
> >
> > "Gary" wrote in message ...
> >
> > Dave Smith wrote:
> > >
> > > I spend 4 days in ICU and another 3 nights in the hospital. I was billed
> > > nothing for all that.
> >
> > My God. If that was in the USA, you would face a bill of (just
> > guessing) over $20K.
> > ===========
> >
> > Are you kidding? Well over $75,000.00 would be more like it.
>
> I believe you, Cheri. I'm just medical-billing challenged. 4 days in
> ICU would certainly run it up quite a bit.
> ==========
>
> My dh took a fall four or so years ago, he went to emergency, had a cat scan,
> stitches in his eye, and treatment for assorted scrapes and bruises, stayed for
> four hours total, the bill was $23,000.00 billed out to Medicare. Thankfully, we
> had a pretty small co-pay in all of it considering the size of the bill, but I
> spent 13 years without insurance, so I feel your pain. The only upside is that a
> person finds out that the body is pretty good at healing itself, and there are
> no hypochondriacs running to the doctor every time they sneeze among the average
> uninsured person. :-)
>
Just the cost of an ambulance ride alone is horrible. Almost 30 years
ago, it was at $600. I shudder to think what they bill now.


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