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Article #620398Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?
From: Dave Garland
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:57
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 15:57
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On 2/14/2018 6:21 AM, J. Clarke wrote: > On Wed, 14 Feb 2018 00:16:45 -0600, Dave Garland > <dave.g...@wizinfo.com> wrote: > >> On 2/13/2018 8:44 PM, J. Clarke wrote: >>> Three stitches and a tetanus shot--$500 from the doctor, I forget what >>> for the med, and $2000 "emergency room fee". >>> >> Yup. Of course, if you'd found the doctor on your own, it would have >> been cheaper. But you presumably didn't have the luxury of time to >> spend calling around to see who could take you and how much they'd >> charge. Some medical problems are like that. > > By the time I did that I wouldn't have needed stitches. When you're > bleeding and it won't stop at 2AM making phone calls to doctors is not > an effective strategy. Which is one reason why the concept of a free market doesn't apply to medical care very well.
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