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Oh Gene,
My first thought as im sure it is everyones is i hope your wife is feeling OK.

My second is i hope your insurance can cover most of that shocker of a bill.

My wife and i have never had health insurance, the last time i had surgery it was for a pilonidal sinus, as hilarious as it is painful.
couple of hours on the table and a day hospital in recovery, cost....... zero
I could have had a nurse visit me at home for the next 3 weeks to change the dressings, cost zero (my wife did the honours, which saved me some embarrasment but not money)

Had an ECG 6 months ago, just as a checkup..... cost zero
Had an MRI for a deviated septum 2 years ago cost.... well you get the picture

I guess i can be forgiven for not being able to get my head around those numbers.

I do pay for medicine but its only a token fee as an example 6 boxes of panadine forte, thats the prescription painkiller with codine , costs me $5.25 for the lot (120 tablets)
And the visit to the Dr to get that prescription.....zero.
All my blood tests, ultrasounds and Xrays are free too

I cant imagine how horrible it must be to get a bill like that for medical treatment

<blockquote data-quote="mike" data-source="post: 224143" data-attributes="member: 9271">Oh Gene,My first thought as im sure it is everyones is i hope your wife is feeling OK.&nbsp;My second is i hope your insurance can cover most of that shocker of a bill.&nbsp;My wife and i have never had health insurance, the last time i had surgery it was for a pilonidal sinus, as hilarious as it is painful.couple of hours on the table and a day hospital in recovery, cost....... zeroI could have had a nurse visit me at home for the next 3 weeks to change the dressings, cost zero (my wife did the honours, which saved me some embarrasment but not money)&nbsp;Had an ECG 6 months ago, just as a checkup..... cost zeroHad an MRI for a deviated septum 2 years ago cost.... well you get the picture&nbsp;I guess i can be forgiven for not being able to get my head around those numbers.&nbsp;I do pay for medicine but its only a token fee as an example 6 boxes of panadine forte, thats the prescription painkiller with codine , costs me $5.25 for the lot (120 tablets)And the visit to the Dr to get that prescription.....zero.All my blood tests, ultrasounds and Xrays are free too&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I cant imagine how horrible it must be to get a bill like that for medical treatment</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mike, post: 224143, member: 9271"] Oh Gene, My first thought as im sure it is everyones is i hope your wife is feeling OK. My second is i hope your insurance can cover most of that shocker of a bill. My wife and i have never had health insurance, the last time i had surgery it was for a pilonidal sinus, as hilarious as it is painful. couple of hours on the table and a day hospital in recovery, cost....... zero I could have had a nurse visit me at home for the next 3 weeks to change the dressings, cost zero (my wife did the honours, which saved me some embarrasment but not money) Had an ECG 6 months ago, just as a checkup..... cost zero Had an MRI for a deviated septum 2 years ago cost.... well you get the picture I guess i can be forgiven for not being able to get my head around those numbers. I do pay for medicine but its only a token fee as an example 6 boxes of panadine forte, thats the prescription painkiller with codine , costs me $5.25 for the lot (120 tablets) And the visit to the Dr to get that prescription.....zero. All my blood tests, ultrasounds and Xrays are free too I cant imagine how horrible it must be to get a bill like that for medical treatment [/QUOTE]

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