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Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:04:02

To have your gall bladder removed in the states? And also to have a 4 night stay in the hospital over it?

Cougar

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:04:51

Dunno about the cost, but my grandfather just had his out and it was an outpatient procedure.

Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:11:58

From the day of his initial pain until it was out, how long did it take?

Dibs Ludicrous

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:13:30

hmm. Bing sezs that the surgery will cost less than 4 night stay in a hospital room. i'll put it at a max of 5k.

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Dibs Ludicrous

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:14:37

if you don't suffer any complications.

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Um, I dunno. He is on VA and Medicare though, so it probably would be a different experience from yours though.

I do know they froze the gallbladder, shattered it, and sucked out the shards with a little vacuum hose. He was home in time for a late lunch.

Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:17:16

Did he get an ultrasound, and MRI, and the surgery all in one day?

Cougar

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:18:12

I dunno. I'll call him tomorrow and ask though. Give me a list of questions and I'll find out best I can.

Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:18:48

Naw, my wife had her gall bladder removed, she went in at 10am Sunday and came home this afternoon. Ultrasound on Sunday, MRI on Monday, surgery on Tuesday, home Wednesday afternoon.

I'm just wondering what kind of bill I should expect.

Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:19:41

Naw it's ok Cougar.

Dibs Ludicrous

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:24:07

eh? no quote? worse than auto mechanics... but we saved your life... f you. want to save my life... pay my dang bills.

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iScode

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:27:49

what do you mean cost? Shouldnt it be free!!!

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Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:28:21

oooo... ouch. "In the United States, the cost of laparoscopic gallbladder removal averages about $3,000 to $8,000 but lab costs and anesthesiology and hospital stay may leave patients with a bill of approximately $25,000 to $50,000 depending on geographical location."

http://www.placidway.com/...-Removal-Treatment-Abroad

That's half my salary.

Anonymous

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:28:22

REMOVAL OF GALLBLADDER: Cholecystectomy; $20,382.16

Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:29:14

Could i have told her just to keep it inside her?

Anonymous

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:31:20

Could.
There is stuff you can take to control it.
Too much greasy food or any number of other things can set it off though, and it's extremely painful.

Dibs Ludicrous

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:32:11

did she have a life insurnce policy?

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de1i

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:36:16

Originally posted by Dibs Ludicrous:

did she have a health insurnce policy?

Fixed, in case you are plotting a hit.

Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:37:37

lol. Did she have a life insurance policy? Actually, no.

what set it off... having a baby.

Edited By: Dissidenticn on Oct 24th 2012, 23:40:59
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Dissidenticn

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:43:05

oh, health insurance... 26% of americans had no health insurance as of 2011... that's crazy.

Can you imagine someone with my income having NO health insurance? They'd be screwed because of an outpatient procedure!

Marco

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:44:10

Its free, you go to the hospital, get it done, then for the next 17 years they send you a bill in the mail that you never have to pay

galleri

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:44:44

Originally posted by Dissidenticn:

Welcome to America.

Anyhow normally as for a gall bladder surgery in the US it is normally an outpatient procedure.

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galleri

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Oct 24th 2012, 23:45:54

Originally posted by iScode:

what do you mean cost? Shouldnt it be free!!!

Sadly no scode. Not here.....

Soviet

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Oct 25th 2012, 0:04:30

Originally posted by Marco:

Its free, you go to the hospital, get it done, then for the next 17 years they send you a bill in the mail that you never have to pay

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Dibs Ludicrous

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Oct 25th 2012, 0:14:29

Originally posted by Dissidenticn:

you can't afford to stay alive without having a bunch of people pay for your healthcare? yeah. it is crazy.

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Dissidenticn

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Oct 25th 2012, 2:15:48

oh hey, I'm Canadian. My universal healthcare covered it all except for parking.

I don't think it's right to punish people who cannot afford healthcare. If one of those 26% had a gall stone attack and needed their gallbladder removed, either they die from the pain or infection or complication... OR they take out a loan that they can't pay off to pay for the $25000-$50000 hospital bill? What year is this?

Dibs, isn't Romney proposing a way that all Americans can have healthcare? Oh wait, Romney's plan will cost tax payers MORE and by the year 2022 will not cover 72 million people.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...-obamacare_n_1935941.html

Edited By: Dissidenticn on Oct 25th 2012, 2:20:36
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galleri

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Oct 25th 2012, 2:21:58

Did you really start this thread to spin the election bs again?

Dissidenticn

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Oct 25th 2012, 2:38:30

no. my wife had her gallbladder out. I just asked "To have your gall bladder removed in the states? And also to have a 4 night stay in the hospital over it?"