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To: Real Man who wrote (905)	6/17/2017 12:56:12 PM
From: benwood	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 2202

The medical system is at the root of the evil, imo. My wife recently had a routine chest x-ray to check on pneumonia. $460. I had the same thing done in 1986: $20. Medical system encourages disasters in hospital because it can mean far more profit, hence MRSA infections rampant. Except at the VA where they have a fixed budget and increasing patient base so they did something simple about it and cut infections 72%. Look at this list recently published in the Seattle Times... 6 surgeons at this hospital billing over $50 million per year, just for THEM, that doesn't include "rental" of a surgical theater, hospital stays, etc. Just the 'attending' charges: projects.seattletimes.com Something seriously wrong, and it, imo, is why Medicare is dying. The elderly don't even get any dental coverage, when they need it the most, too.