On 12/24/2009 2:22 AM, Bob Ackley wrote:

> That's surprising.  In 2004 I spent 3 days in a hospital and the bill
> was $49,000 and change, the attending physician added his bill of
> around $3,500 and the cardiac specialists also added theirs, which was
> around $11,000 - but they knew what was wrong with me and they
> fixed it (99% blockage in one coronary artery, I now have a stent in it).

Oh...now cardiac...when I had my heart attack, 1986 IIRC, I had a 95% 
blockage in one of the TWO arteries in my heart.  Most people have 
three.  They did the angioplasty and balooned me, no stents in those 
days.  Bill was well over $70K, back when a buck was worth a little more 
than today.  In 2001 I had a single-bypass, that ran another $180K+. 
Our share was almost $25K.
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