Make credence recognised that on Thu, 9 Aug 2007 22:03:48 -0500,
"Donald Newcomb" has scripted:
>"PJ O'Donovan" wrote in message
>news:1186703691.506523.27770@e16g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
>> Most of us don't much give a shit how much they spend or how they
>> spend on health care.
>>
>> Why are they obsessed that we should ape there failed health systems
>> here?
>
>On the other hand, it is very common for us Americans to believe that the
>world would be a much better place if all those foreigners were just like us
>and really we know that inside each one there's a little American just
>kicking to get out and mow his lawn on Saturday, roast hamburgers on the
>grill and drink Budweiser, if only his repressive culture would allow it.
>
>Bringing it back on the topic of travel. I think it's tough for Europeans to
>gather why they need to purchase a special health insurance policy when they
>come to the US. They just are not used to the concept of having to protect
>themselves from the sort of expenses we see. I recently had outpatient
>surgery and the gross hospital bill (not including the surgeon or
>anesthesiologist) was US$22K. Of this I had to pay about US$700, which I
>still thought was high, but imagine what a European would think. My wife
>visited the ER in Italy and the bill was about US$36. The same visit in the
>US would be a thousand.
I wonder just what proportion of all that money goes to administration
and profits.
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