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As Hospital Prices Soar, a Single Stitch Tops $500
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Posted on 12/03/2013 6:37:18 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

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To: 9YearLurker

I ask.


81 posted on 12/03/2013 11:18:00 AM PST by TurkeyLurkey
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To: driftdiver

Most people can’t afford a bill for $185K. We can’t. I guess you think we should just drop dead?

How much of that $185K was upcharge to pay for all the non paying illegals and drug seekers?


82 posted on 12/03/2013 11:25:38 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

I couldn’t afford it either. Which is why I buy insurance.


83 posted on 12/03/2013 11:26:29 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: driftdiver

Well, insurance just ‘adjusted’ the cost to others is all.

And not everyone can afford insurance. Especially now.

Private socialization of risk ALWAYS leads to calls for public socialization of risk.

Because (all together now!), It’s not FAAAAAIIIIIRRRRR.

Private health care insurance will ALWAYS lead to single payer government healthcare. Always.


84 posted on 12/03/2013 11:28:53 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: TurkeyLurkey

What doctors bill insurance companies is very often not what they are paid.


85 posted on 12/03/2013 11:29:17 AM PST by 9YearLurker
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To: riri

I’ve put a stop to my kids running around playing (like normal kids) and riding their bikes, scooters and skates.

We simply can’t afford for them to be injured.


86 posted on 12/03/2013 11:31:26 AM PST by Black Agnes
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To: Vigilanteman

when I was young and dad was a mounted policeman, he’d ask the vet to mix up a salve for me when I had what I think was scabies...little red raised bumps all over my body. It stung when mom applied it and daddy would blow (like you would when cooling a cut of tea) cost $0. It worked fine and I got rid of the bumps and red rash, and itching.. Police dept vets were the cream of the crop to look after the horses.(dad called my skin problem ....the 7 year itch. This was back in the 40’s.


87 posted on 12/03/2013 12:35:15 PM PST by goat granny
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To: bkopto

Collectivists are afraid of anything that is out of their control.


88 posted on 12/03/2013 1:35:30 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; me = independent conservative)
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