My Hospital Bill was $119,000 for 5 days

[madokie]

71. Here is a contrast

On my 54 birthday I was admitted to the VA hospital for a DVT. I spent 6 days in bed, tubes running in and tubes running out with blood being taken every 30 minutes the first day up to the last day where it was on a 2 hour interval. I brought home with me 5 vials of Heparin to finish the job of dissolving the blood clot in my left leg with each vial costing the VA 2500 bucks, or i was told that. I was sent a bill showing it cost 68000 dollars and of that I had to pay 1068 dollars. If those vials of heparin cost 2500 bucks a piece no telling what the big bags they put through my veins costs.
I was treated with dignity and most of all with love that I could feel from everyone who had a hand in saving my life. Oh how I wish everyone in America had the same kind of care as we Vets do, or that I got.
The place was clean. Everything was smooth running, no grumbling by the people who worked there, in fact this one kid was telling me how he upon returning from gulf 1 felt the good hand was lain on his shoulder when he got the job of Janitor there. Said he had no plans to ever look for work elsewhere. Loved his job and the way he was treated.
Oh that was 10 years ago as I'm 64 now.