30 Seconds On Toenail = $1,133.00

[MrsSpringsteen]

wow, if this doesn't speak volumes..especially how the doctor complained about his own charge

oh how I hope they lose that lawsuit

http://archives.seattletimes.nwsour...ug=toenailsuit09m&date=20050909&query=toenail

 

[U2democrat]

 

[elfyx]

 

[jay canseco]

Oh no. The entire medical community could go bankrupt if word of this spreads to other communities.

 

[joyfulgirl]

Several of my colleagues have had the experience here of having a procedure at the hospital and having a facilities charge of exactly the same amount as the procedure. So for example, if the procedure costs $300, they got billed an additional $300 for the use of the facility. If the procedure costs $3,000, they were charged an additional $3,000 for the use of the facility. Instead of there being one standard charge per hour for the use of the facility, they just double-charge you for the cost of the procedure. It's ridiculous and though it's different from what this article describes, it's got me thinking that people here might have a case as well.

 

[kellyahern]

I had a $650 stomach virus once .

 

[Axver]

And I thought it was expensive when I went to see an Australian doctor while I was ill last month ...

 

[deep]

i clip toenails for only $999.00

and i make house calls



www.IclipToenails.com

 

[bammo2]

NHS

 

[FizzingWhizzbees]

NHS

 

[U2Girl1978]

 

[meegannie]

NHS

It's one of the main reasons I wouldn't want to move back to the US.

 

[Muggsy]

US$1,133.... that would be like $2'500.000 pesos

 

[VertigoGal]

I'm starting to think a NHS wouldn't be such a bad idea. It's f'ing extortion, is what it is. And our tax rates really aren't that low to begin with, considering what we get for it.