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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:56 PM Original message |
Remember my dad's recent heart and hernia surgeries? Guess how much they cost. |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
1. And I thought the housing market was bad... |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's about half what a house costs around here. In fact that was my first thought when he told me. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. my Dad's house cost less than that! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yep! I was in the hospital for 6 weeks in 1982. It cost $11,000 I think. |
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zanne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. My cardiac bypass surgery cost $100,000 in 1991. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Hmmm. We'll have to keep an eye on hospital construction. LOL |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
7. unreal, eh? |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 02:39 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. This is how medical situations cause people to lose their homes. That is, if they |
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Connonym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. not to mention credit ratings, etc. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Jeez, that is bad. I know several people who have gone bankrupt or who are filing. (including us) I |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. My Father's Throat Cancer Treatment was about $300,000 |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I'm very happy for your dad! |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. I've been following your posts...... |
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Longhorn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Thank you! |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-08-08 04:17 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Glad your dad is ok, and man was he lucky to have been covered so well. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. We should all be as well insured as Government Employees |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. Just like Elizabeth Warren said in the added footage from "Sicko": |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-09-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. My BIL is like that. Gov't is for defense and nothing else. |
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