Quote: (02-23-2013 05:44 PM)renotime Wrote:
I ended up in the hospital a little over a year ago for kidney stones. I had a provider. All fine and dandy, right? A month later I got a bill for 700 dollars. 700 dollars for some weak painkillers and a scan. Brilliant.
As a Brit, that is just unfathomable to me. That's almost a grand (albeit in dollars)! A grand! Private healthcare is available here, but to have it as the ONLY option is unbelievably cruel IMO.
I echo Scorpion's post, it's a fucking racket. It isn't capitalism.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. - H L Mencken