Survey finds high fees common in medical care

[Spytheweb]

A patient in Illinois was charged $12,712 for cataract surgery. Medicare pays $675 for the same procedure. In California, a patient was charged $20,120 for a knee operation that Medicare pays $584 for. And a New Jersey patient was charged $72,000 for a spinal fusion procedure that Medicare covers for $1,629.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/health/policy/12insure.html?_r=1&hp

The health care industry is stealing from everyday Americans and taking that money and paying our congressman and republicans to keep it that way.

 

[THE KOD]

yeh bingo

 

[ferdville]

And an illegal immigrant in Los Angeles was charged $70,000 for back surgery paid for by........................taxpayers. Obamacare will certainly keep this from happening because the government will pay for everything - it's all going to be free (except for taxpayers)