On 2016-04-10 4:15 PM, Je�us wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Apr 2016 10:59:05 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2016-04-10 9:45 AM, Gary wrote:
>>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I spend 4 days in ICU and another 3 nights in the hospital. I was billed
>>>> nothing for all that.
>>>
>>> My God. If that was in the USA, you would face a bill of (just
>>> guessing) over $20K.
>>
>> At the time, bypass surgery here was $10,000 for those you are not
>> covered by the government plan. In the US it was $20,000, and that is
>> just the surgery. Hospital room and medication would be extra.
>
> The cost of health care in the U.S is just insane. It's something like
> 2 to 3 times the cost of any other country.
>


It is a for profit system.