Hello, A friend who was bitten 2 years ago by a Green stated that his medical cost from beginning to end was $64,000.00. This was in Tucson Arizona at the University Hospital. Best Wishes Michael Cottingham
---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:24:55 +0000 > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake > > I would have to believe that the quoted cost is not for the antivenin > treatment alone. The victim of such a snake bite would probably need to be > admitted to an Intensive Care Unit with significant hemodynamic and possible > respiratory support, not a cheap proposition. > > David > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darryl Pitt > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:49 PM > To: Adam Hupe > Cc: Adam > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake > > > > Whoa. > > Adam, I know you're only relating what you've been informed, but something > needs to be said of the nurse's outrageous ignorance. > > The notion that aliens don't have insurance and U.S. citizens all carry > insurance has hardly been the case. A significant fraction of the citizenry > of Nevada and Arizona (and not just) have not been carrying health insurance. > > Moreover, citizens are not dying as a result of aliens using up antivenin > stocks. The high cost of antivenin has to do with profit---not aliens. It has > been extensively written about that antivenin does not generate sufficient > profit for drug companies so the prices get hiked up to the Moon. And then no > one buys it to keep on hand so there are shortages. > > > All best / Darryl > > > > On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Adam Hupe wrote: > > > I was told by a local nurse that the average cost to treat a Mojave Green > > snake > > bite is between $60,000.00 and $70,000.00. I asked why so expensive? She > > claimed that illegal aliens, working mostly out-of-doors with no insurance > > are > > mainly to blame. None have insurance and the anti-venom is difficult to > > keep on > > hand. She claimed that many U.S. citizens with insurance have died because > > they > > could not get access to it in time, partly because it was used on somebody > > else > > without insurance. This in part is why the treatment is so expensive. Only a > > few are able to afford it. You better make sure your health insurance covers > > such things. > > > > Be Careful and Happy Hunting, > > > > Adam > > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at > > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > P Please consider the impact to the environment before printing this > email. > > > > > > > P Please consider the impact to the environment before printing this > email. > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
