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Betty Karlson

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5. glitter, distraction - and a flag and a cross too, or was that another bright mind? n/t

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Fri Aug 28, 2015, 03:26 PM

Aug 2015

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We're getting screwed! [View all] Playinghardball Aug 2015 OP

This cost differential is crazy Gothmog Aug 2015 #1

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Well said! Octafish Aug 2015 #3

Post removed Post removed Aug 2015 #6

Raleighs dog got booted??? Blus4u Aug 2015 #33

glitter, distraction - and a flag and a cross too, or was that another bright mind? n/t Betty Karlson Aug 2015 #5

"It Can't Happen Here" (1935) by Sinclair Lewis, fictional political novel, fascism comes to appalachiablue Aug 2015 #21

It's kind of a mix between Brave New World and 1984 zeemike Aug 2015 #8

That is the way our plutocracy works. Rex Aug 2015 #4

Re: Getting Screwed eepatt Aug 2015 #7

USA! We're #1! SammyWinstonJack Aug 2015 #9

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Bingo! rhett o rick Aug 2015 #18

yep NJCher Aug 2015 #24

Indeed it does. hifiguy Aug 2015 #25

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2015 #11

sometimes the media acknowledges this--only then to blame it on eldercare MisterP Aug 2015 #12

a good chunk of the 1 percenter's money comes from olddots Aug 2015 #13

You think that's bad? Try getting bitten by a snake. Glassunion Aug 2015 #14

people should start posting their bills Sunlei Aug 2015 #19

I recently had a $3,000+ bill for "nothing wrong". Glassunion Aug 2015 #20

+1. Glad for you but 3K?! Good people are posting the truth about 'care' USA. appalachiablue Aug 2015 #22

Yeah. I was in a bad way. Glassunion Aug 2015 #29

My total bill for sinus (day) surgery last november was $50k. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #31

Is that where they drill out your sinuses so you no longer get infections & breath better? Sunlei Aug 2015 #32

In theory. lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #37

The $3949.00 strikes me as low. A LibDemAlways Aug 2015 #15

looks like the 'bed/room charge' is one of the higher profit items our healthcare Corps enjoy. Sunlei Aug 2015 #34

Time to dust off the guillotine? gregcrawford Aug 2015 #16

And the tumbrels, too. hifiguy Aug 2015 #26

even the USA Vet Specialists charge higher then human cost treatment in other countries. Sunlei Aug 2015 #17

no doubt... wildbilln864 Aug 2015 #23

It's ridiculous but the hospital/insurance co. scam TBF Aug 2015 #27

Info looks a bit dated (2011) IDemo Aug 2015 #28

medical costs are why I will retire at 70 and not 62.5 airplaneman Aug 2015 #30

This is what I'm talking about! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #35

K&R! This post should have hundreds of recommendations! Enthusiast Aug 2015 #36