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To me, it's kind of cute the way our system in the USA sounds almost unbelievable to even our neighbors right across the border. It's like we're the weirdest system in the civilized world.
Yes, fritter16, we Yanks actually do have to pay the hospital back for the ENTIRE COST, if we do not have insurance AND do happen to have a good paycheck and/or some degree of wealth. That would include the cost of the stay, the surgery, and every individual bandage, I/V bag, and shot or pill, etc, etc, etc.
On the other hand, just about anybody (rich, broke, or in between) can get open heart surgery tomorrow morning, if it is needed. We worry about the money later.
Actually, a broke person with no insurance might get that major heart surgery the quickest. I've seen it.
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