Bob Calco wrote: >> You are aware of course that the USA has the WORST healthcare system in >> the >> western world? and paradoxically, the most expensive? all you are doing >> is >> protecting your right-wing status quo. I'd expect nothing more to be >> honest. >> >> Get used to it. you and your backward health system are about to be >> dragged >> kicking and screaming into the 20th century. after that you might even >> try >> the 21st century. >> > > In 1996 I had an emergency appendectomy in Russia. I didn't pay a dime for > it, it was covered under their free health care system. > > In 2004 I had a microdiscectomy on my L5 in America, where they removed a > third of the ruptured disc to alleviate pressure off my sciatic nerve. I > paid a couple thousand out of pocket, and insurance paid the rest---it was > quite expensive. > > I have had no residual pain in my back since, and the scar is barely visible > to the naked eye. I went from being in agony one day, to waking up with a > strange sensation caused by the tiny stitches in my back. > > The scar in my abdomen looks like somebody took a machete to me, I'm > constantly fighting adhesions. The wound took months to heal properly. I > still remember having to borrow my room mate's used Bic disposable to shave > my stomach myself, the pot holes in the hospital hallways (with some of the > windows blown out), and the anesthesiologist who looked like Lurch from the > Adams' Family literally "mixing" my anaesthetic on the spot by hand before > administering it to me, since they apparently didn't have what he was used > to using in supply. > > All things considered I'm glad the microdiscectomy wasn't done in Russia. > > What ObamaJoker is dragging us kicking and screaming toward is national > economic, military and moral suicide. > Ok, so kill yourself and stop nagging.
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