On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 15:08:13 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce wrote in
:

The costs are substantially lower then other countries in the area and
(I'm told) a great deal lower then in America.

A hospital room in Charleston the size of a big bathroom, similarly
equipped, rents for about the same as a whole floor of the most expensive
hotel in London. An aspirin is about $US25-40, just because they can.
Tylenol, a tremendously-expensive drug, custom made in a clean room
laboratory by each tablet is double that.



Much snipped...

I have no intention of going into the intricacies of U.S. health costs
other then to say that when I was a youngster (1) doctors made house
calls, and (2) they didn't drive mercedes.

I might also comment that with all the furor over medical
patents,costs, etc., the total cost for an AIDs sufferer in Thailand
is 50 baht per month (about US$ 1.50). That is for the doctor, any
tests required, lab work, and medicine.


Bruce in Bangkok
(brucepaigeatgmaildotcom)

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