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To: Don Lloyd who wrote (183545)	2/26/2006 12:50:14 PM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

i have seen mri medical costs drop over the last 12 years. to point now it is a around a few hundred dollars under med coverage. prior it was substantial. seems insurance companies have been driving down these rates . it was on average close to $1500 when we first started with my contributions close to $400. now i see total insurance allowed is less than $500. now with new tech to send digital mri scans to india i expect these costs to be driven down further.

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (183545)	2/27/2006 8:13:37 PM
From: BelowTheCrowd	Respond to of 186894

The cost is not of any individual service. I posted a bunch of numbers here before, comparing total per-capita spending in a bunch of countries, along with several key health statistics. What shocked me is that our government health care expenditure per-capita is not all that different from the per-capita government health spending in Japan or Sweden. the difference is that our government spending doesn't even cover half the total cost, while theirs covers 80-90%, and while they enjoy slightly higher health metrics. Bottom line to me is that we as a society are paying more for our healthcare than anybody else in the world, and we're not getting better results. That's not to suggest any specific change, just an indication (to me anyway) that our system is broken. -btc