Re: good grief

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (Robert)]

 > From: Brian <http://www.cs..edu/~b>
 > Date: Sun, 17 May 2026 01:33:54 -0700
 >
 > 
 > 
 > Good grief.  What happens to people who don't have health insurance?  Do
 > they pay $192K?  Or even $18K?
 > 
 > If they're going to charge $5K/day for room and board, the least they
 > could do is subcontract that out to Hilton or somebody for, say, $3K/day,
 > and they'd make $2K/day in pure profit, and the rooms would have
 > comfortable beds, and the food would be edible.
 > 
 > I think my $350 copay is bad enough!

I included a mention of this in a past solstice message, but my lowback
surgery in 2018 cost $72,000 but I had to "only" pay $8,000 for it (via my
Flexible Spending Account, so minus the appropriate taxes).  Although I
was operated on in a hospital, it was all outpatient.

I suspect that if I did not have a good income and no medical insurance,
I'd be walking with a cane right now.