On 2016-04-10 1:16 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 07:42:41 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:

>> Of course, if you have good insurance, health care in the U.S. is quite
>> reasonably priced. Four days in the hospital for my husband resulted in
>> some trivial co-pays. It probably didn't amount to more than $200 all told.
>> I have no idea how much the stay cost the insurance company, as we never
>> saw a bill that didn't say "You own $50" or somesuch.
>>
> Fortunately we haven't had a need to hospital care in years, but our
> medication bill tells us how much we've saved right on the receipt.
> Hubby makes a small co-pay for one drug that is $400 a refill.


Our government program is for medical care and does not apply to
prescriptions until you are over 65, which am now. I just picked up the
next three months worth of cholesterol meds, which cost me about $5.