OT: father is visiting and hospitalized by stroke

[danielwis]

[quote=ocrenter]a relative showed me a hospital bill from Taiwan recently. he just had ear related surgery, was in the hospital for 3 days. everything added up was $3000. he himself had a $300 co-pay.

US per capita gdp is $45k. Taiwan is $30k.

So adjusted for US per capita GDP, logically, the same surgery and 3 day stay should logically be $4500 here.

but it probably would run $15k to $20k here realistically.

not that I’m for government interference and I am a Republican, but the main difference here is Taiwan has a single payer system.[/quote]

No cognitive dissonance here whatsoever….

[ocrenter]

btw, you know who passed Taiwan’s single payer system? The KMT, one of the most right-leaning, pro-business political parties in the world. They are so far to the right on the political spectrum they’ll make the Republicans blush.

[ocrenter]

btw, you know who passed Taiwan’s single payer system? The KMT, one of the most right-leaning, pro-business political parties in the world. They are so far to the right on the political spectrum they’ll make the Republicans blush.

[ocrenter]

btw, you know who passed Taiwan’s single payer system? The KMT, one of the most right-leaning, pro-business political parties in the world. They are so far to the right on the political spectrum they’ll make the Republicans blush.

[ocrenter]

btw, you know who passed Taiwan’s single payer system? The KMT, one of the most right-leaning, pro-business political parties in the world. They are so far to the right on the political spectrum they’ll make the Republicans blush.

[ocrenter]

btw, you know who passed Taiwan’s single payer system? The KMT, one of the most right-leaning, pro-business political parties in the world. They are so far to the right on the political spectrum they’ll make the Republicans blush.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene]

So, these absurd bills are not necessarily representative of real costs of healthcare. Poring over them wouldn’t do much good.[/quote]

no Eugene, it is like the infamous $60 charge for a tablet of aspirin. you survey 10 hospital administrators and you’ll find 10 defending that until they are blue in the face.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene]

So, these absurd bills are not necessarily representative of real costs of healthcare. Poring over them wouldn’t do much good.[/quote]

no Eugene, it is like the infamous $60 charge for a tablet of aspirin. you survey 10 hospital administrators and you’ll find 10 defending that until they are blue in the face.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene]

So, these absurd bills are not necessarily representative of real costs of healthcare. Poring over them wouldn’t do much good.[/quote]

no Eugene, it is like the infamous $60 charge for a tablet of aspirin. you survey 10 hospital administrators and you’ll find 10 defending that until they are blue in the face.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene]

So, these absurd bills are not necessarily representative of real costs of healthcare. Poring over them wouldn’t do much good.[/quote]

no Eugene, it is like the infamous $60 charge for a tablet of aspirin. you survey 10 hospital administrators and you’ll find 10 defending that until they are blue in the face.

[ocrenter]

[quote=Eugene]

So, these absurd bills are not necessarily representative of real costs of healthcare. Poring over them wouldn’t do much good.[/quote]

no Eugene, it is like the infamous $60 charge for a tablet of aspirin. you survey 10 hospital administrators and you’ll find 10 defending that until they are blue in the face.

[carlsbadworker]

For those recommend travel insurance, have you actually used it before here in US? I am asking because it seems most travel insurance excludes pre-existing conditions or has a very low cap for pre-existing conditions. Wouldn’t that make it pratically useless?

[carlsbadworker]

For those recommend travel insurance, have you actually used it before here in US? I am asking because it seems most travel insurance excludes pre-existing conditions or has a very low cap for pre-existing conditions. Wouldn’t that make it pratically useless?

[carlsbadworker]

For those recommend travel insurance, have you actually used it before here in US? I am asking because it seems most travel insurance excludes pre-existing conditions or has a very low cap for pre-existing conditions. Wouldn’t that make it pratically useless?

[carlsbadworker]

For those recommend travel insurance, have you actually used it before here in US? I am asking because it seems most travel insurance excludes pre-existing conditions or has a very low cap for pre-existing conditions. Wouldn’t that make it pratically useless?

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