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To: bentway who wrote (498228)	7/25/2009 3:19:33 PM
From: Alighieri	Respond to of 1578054

I could tell you that same story about my mother. She spent the last two years of her life in and out of the hospital. Her medical bills ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, most covered by her insurance, but what wasn't was covered by her savings and split among her children. My share ran over $20,000. Interesting point I left out...the hospital accepted the $8K medicare was willing to pay and did not require his estate to pay the rest...which makes me believe that they padded the bill, but watching what they did for the last week, that they probably didn't make any money either. His medical records were an absolute shamble, there was no coordination with his doctors in florida, and they spent a bunch of money for nothing. As you indicate, that story is probably repeated many times over every day. If someone tries to tackle these problems, he/she becomes the target of these attack dogs...but most don't even know what they are saying... Al

To: bentway who wrote (498228)	7/25/2009 6:23:00 PM
From: i-node	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578054

I could tell you that same story about my mother. She spent the last two years of her life in and out of the hospital. Her medical bills ran into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, most covered by her insurance, but what wasn't was covered by her savings and split among her children. My share ran over $20,000. My mom died of cancer and when diagnosed, told the oncologist, "if you can get me five more years that would be enough". And that's what happened. And those five years were worth every penny. Improvements in cancer survival rates are measured in months. Maybe it is okay with you if the government decides whether getting a few more months is worth the money. But it is obviously an absurd proposition that will set the practice of medicine back decades.