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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (186402)	5/10/2006 10:55:57 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

She had premature triplets and had to stay in hospital for 3 or 4 months. The 349k bill was only for the babies. There was another $127k for the mom. My condolences to the parents.. That is truly going to be a financial burden to bear (unless they are multi-millionaires, but then I can't understand why they didn't have insurance).. This is truly an exorbinant cost, that is far outside what should be the norm. I recall the one time I had to stay in the hospital for knee surgery. I had been prescribed Tylenol-3 for the pain, prior to my surgery. And when I was in post-op I asked to take those pills I already had, rather than be charged for new ones. This request was refused and they charged me 3 times what I had paid for the original ones. I was TRULY P*SSED OFF when I saw that. Personally, I had hospitals (until I'm forced to go to one.. ;0) I also recall seeing articles where Doctors held financial interests in testing labs, thus they would order tests that were not particularly necessary so they could jack up their fees. This is monopolistic and uncompetive, as well as a conflict of interest to providing "best care". As for HMOs, I'll trust your perspective on this since I'm truly speaking out of ignorance on the subject (not my specialty). But I'll keep a closer eye on such matters in the future just so I avoid a bill like your friends suffered. Hawk