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Janet

In article >,
says...
>
> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 5:41:56 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> > On 2016-12-13 4:33 PM, Bruce wrote:
> > > In article >,
> > > Cindy Hamilton says...
> > >>
> > >> On Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 3:58:45 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> I've never heard of getting charged for receiving blood.
> > >>
> > >> In the U.S., if you don't have insurance, it can cost anywhere
> > >> from $1300 to $3500 per unit of blood.
> > >
> > > You live in a strange country.
> >
> >
> > It can be very profitable if you are in the health care business.
>
> I'd wager that most of the profits in the health care business
> are in the insurance and pharmaceutical industries rather than
> health care providers. Except, perhaps, for high-end plastic
> surgeons.

Doctors in USA have very much higher incomes than Drs in other
developed countries.

Janet