"Obama is the guy who blew it when he claimed that surgeons get paid $30K for an amputation. It was an absurd claim.
There is no surgical procedure for which a surgeon charges anywhere near that or even 1/3 of that. Even a combination heart-lung transplant"
Complete asstalk Davey! Obama claimed that's what it COST. A quick google proves you're a uneducated moron - but we already KNEW that.
chfpatients.com
"Average transplant costs vary a great deal from person to person and from area to area. Complications after surgery, how severe your rejection episodes are, length of hospital stays, and differences in hospital costs also vary greatly. The approximate range and average are: (cost listed in USA dollars)
Transplant expense
Organ Cost Range Average Cost
Heart $50,000 - $287,000 $148,000
Kidney $25,000 - $130,000 $51,000
Liver $66,000 - $367,000 $235,000
Pancreas $51,000 - $135,000 $70,000
Heart/Lung $135,000 - $250,000 $210,000
Source: Battelle Institute/Seattle Research Center |
