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To: Wayners who wrote (760977)	1/2/2014 8:48:23 PM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574882

They didn't get free care, unless they were pretty broke to begin with. Say, for example, one goes to the ER for a belly ache. Say it is appendicitis. Say it has already burst, as happened with a friend of mine, and with few patients I have seen. Let's see... OR costs, ICU costs... Appendicitis Treatment Can Cost Up To $183,000 In California: Study huffingtonpost.com Saw a young college student die behind a ruptured appendix once, after about a month in the Stanford ICU; already in bad shape when he was transferred to us.