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To: Our man in washington

No, it is outrageous. The entire hospital bill for my birth in 1950 was less than $25 which was about 8% of a normal working man’s monthly pay and the average american only spent $197 per year on healthcare as a whole. Today if the average young guy is making about 3-4K per month a normal uncomplicated hospital delivery will run around $16,000 to 20,000 which is at least 4 times the monthly pay, so yes the costs have gone up a great deal. Shoot, in 1955 the average cost for one day in the hospital was $35 and adjusting for inflation you don’t even get close to that amount today.


74 posted on 06/23/2008 1:06:55 PM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: RJS1950

If people wanted to be treated using the same methods, equipment, and training they had in 1950, I’m sure costs would be a lot cheaper.


75 posted on 06/23/2008 1:29:06 PM PDT by Our man in washington
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