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Originally Posted by Reaves
Australia has public health care and so do most Euro nations.
I think it's nice that a person can get life saving surgery even if they can't afford it. It's about time America joined the civilised world.
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Might want to get off the drink sir. No one here will turn away anyone needing medical help and or surgery. Hippocratic oath! In fact, my wifes aunt required a colostomy bag installed as she had a fistual. She had no insurance. Her bill....$795.00. Keep in mind this bag was with her for over 6 months and she was under a doctors care until her intestines were healed and could handle waste product normally.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colostomy
Furthermore my father was an ER physician for 40 years. He did not care one rats arse if anyone showing up had insurance or not. He attended to what they needed being from the common cold to life threatening problems.
The travesty here is even folks with insurance can get into financial ruins from medical problems. Throwing a sh!t load of money at the root cause(care costs run amuck) does not cure the problem. Healthcare needs a overhaul it reducing overall costs. Has anyone given a good explanation as to why every year the cost keep going up in leaps and bounds?