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On Thu, 23 Mar 2017 04:49:10 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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On Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 11:21:01 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 19:09:26 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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7:35
On Wed, 22 Mar 2017 13:05:04 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Drs like to cure, John. Surgeons like to do surgery

When I was in DC I spent a lot of time around doctors, some of the
best in town. (My ex was the senior "lay" person in a big DC hospital
administrative staff) I found the surgeons to be the most skilled.
They have a trade that requires physical ability. They actually fix
things. The rest just throw pills at you and hope the problem goes
away.
.....

Saving details but the surgeon who crammed the defibrillator into my
chest couldn't have cared less whether I needed it or not....

I was only referring to the skill involved in shoving that into your
chest without killing you, although that is not a very complicated
procedure. Whether you actually needed it is my main problem with
doctors. They may know everything about the human body but a lot do
not have any real diagnostic ability. It is a unique ability and
pretty much impossible to teach if you do not have that kind of mind.
I will say the doctors in DC are better than they are around here.

This piece of space wizardry Im carrying cost about $50,000 to have
done. The installation procedure takes aprox. 20 minutes. Lets say he
gets $1000.00 a piece and can do 6 a day. What's he care if you need
it or not? Then you have several follow up appointments which I get charged for.

I'll quit there but you get the pic. Im sure...

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That's a big chunk of cash but you wouldn't exactly want to have it
done by the lowest bidder either.

I wonder how much of that $50K goes to cover insurance of the various
groups involved.


Seems reasonable when I had an angiogram where they stick a wire up the
arm. $43000. No cutting in to the chest, or devices implanted.