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13. How very comprehensive

Fri Jan 28, 2022, 07:59 PM

Jan 2022

I seldom hear happy stories about confronting the cost of medical care in the USA, although one guy in our Dallas office just discovered that his 6 year old grandson had developed leukemia. His insurance plus some minor supplemental thing he had will end up covering something like 99% of the cost of treatment. The treatment is expected to take two to three years, so that would have to run into the hundreds of thousands if he had to pay out of pocket, which would ruin him completely. He'd have to keep working until age 121 just to pay that off.

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A mother left a Missouri ER before her son saw a doctor for his burned hand. billed $1,012 [View all] Demovictory9 Jan 2022 OP

K&R, uponit7771 Jan 2022 #1

Healthcare for profit without the healthcare. Emile Jan 2022 #2

O Beautiful for Specious Lies ... an economic structure that actively prevents kindness lostnfound Jan 2022 #3

With the eye injection, was this by any chance moonscape Jan 2022 #12

I think so lostnfound Jan 2022 #14

Avastin really is as effective at miniscule moonscape Jan 2022 #15

Imagine how much it would have been if the kid had been treated DFW Jan 2022 #4

He was seen. Although 200 is probably more appropriate jimfields33 Jan 2022 #6

Left prior to any tangible medical treatment Torchlight Jan 2022 #8

Point taken. I do think a charge should be required. Maybe 50 bucks. jimfields33 Jan 2022 #9

How very comprehensive DFW Jan 2022 #13

Boy it sure is a good thing we don't have Voltaire2 Jan 2022 #5

Call the business office Claire Oh Nette Jan 2022 #7

Father got charges dropped to 39 Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #10

Not really all that shocking. Jedi Guy Jan 2022 #11