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Nictuku

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34. I was in the ER for 7 hours for kidney stone $25,500

Mon Dec 4, 2023, 05:07 PM

Dec 2023

There was no surgery. Only CT scan, pain meds, and some other kind of relaxant to help me pass the stone. I'm too old to offer up my body these days.... would I have to sign over my house? I'm still paying it off!

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'It worked!' GOP Senate candidate floats return to barter system to pay for health care [View all] turbinetree Dec 2023 OP

How much Traildogbob Dec 2023 #1

So how many leeches and bottles of tonic can I get for two chickens? tanyev Dec 2023 #2

will we convert the doctors student loan debt... ret5hd Dec 2023 #3

What a fucking asshole! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2023 #4

How the heck would that even work? Mad_Machine76 Dec 2023 #5

I saw how it worked. yardwork Dec 2023 #16

We really, really need to address the outsize influence of rural voters redqueen Dec 2023 #6

That's true. The balance of power is seriously out of whack. yardwork Dec 2023 #17

I need brain surgery. intheflow Dec 2023 #7

Sue Lowden, Nv GOP, in 2010 & barter for healthcare. They rarely change irisblue Dec 2023 #8

"..no shortage of fowl-ups"? lastlib Dec 2023 #23

This takes me back to some woman who spoke glowingly about the "good old days" calimary Dec 2023 #9

(See post #8 above) lastlib Dec 2023 #24

Yep. Thanks! calimary Dec 2023 #36

Like every other commodity, prices are all over the map bucolic_frolic Dec 2023 #10

POS lives off government contracts to his company dalton99a Dec 2023 #11

I've got a stack of used egg cartons. Will that pay for my appendectomy? progressoid Dec 2023 #12

no, but selling your first born into indentured servitude might DBoon Dec 2023 #44

How many chickens to set a broken leg? Captain Zero Dec 2023 #13

Haven't we been through this before? Why, yes, we have: Grokenstein Dec 2023 #14

Good grief ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #61

Time for garage sale care Demnh2fl Dec 2023 #15

I have a table saw I'm not using. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #27

Sheesh ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #62

Brilliant! I've got a couch I want to get rid of. tanyev Dec 2023 #47

How many of them actually lived during that time period? LiberalFighter Dec 2023 #18

Good question. Haggard Celine Dec 2023 #22

I'm old enough to remember house calls. multigraincracker Dec 2023 #38

When I was going through my surgeries and all, Haggard Celine Dec 2023 #39

Your comment echoes the first thing I thought of! slightlv Dec 2023 #52

"Make America 1800s again!" Apparently, modernity is too "liberal" for Republicans. n/t Beartracks Dec 2023 #19

The CEO of United Health Group, Andrew Witty.. Permanut Dec 2023 #20

i don't see that barbtries Dec 2023 #21

He'll get the moron vote in a landslide..... n/t lastlib Dec 2023 #25

I don't think my clinic accepts sheep. Ocelot II Dec 2023 #26

Not really what else The Unmitigated Gall Dec 2023 #28

I called my pulmonologist...he said two goats would be fine next time. CanonRay Dec 2023 #29

I had hernia surgery back in October, so far it cost $46000 and I haven't doc03 Dec 2023 #30

two chickens and a gallon of milk rurallib Dec 2023 #33

That may have worked in Dodge with Dr. Adams. nt doc03 Dec 2023 #37

I was in the ER for 7 hours for kidney stone $25,500 Nictuku Dec 2023 #34

As a surgeon myself who performs hernia surgeries Docreed2003 Dec 2023 #45

My surgeon also has a farm, I offered to shovel out his barn. nt doc03 Dec 2023 #50

Doctor, what will you give me for a... Anarcho-Socialist Dec 2023 #31

Theodoric of York Medieval Barber Yavin4 Dec 2023 #32

Clearly limited intelligence and a good dose of stupidity! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2023 #35

He Should be Rebl2 Dec 2023 #40

Someone that stupid shouldn't qualify for the job of villiage idiot. Chainfire Dec 2023 #41

Even village idiots have standards, you know ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #63

This idea again? Like, how many homegrown chicken eggs does it take for my appendectomy? Hekate Dec 2023 #42

"Remember the glory days of 19th century medicine!" should lure doctors to Montana struggle4progress Dec 2023 #43

So how would I, as a provider, arrange a "fair market barter value" for services Docreed2003 Dec 2023 #46

More "good ole days" dog whistlin' EarthFirst Dec 2023 #48

Good thing I keep a flock of chickens for medical emergencies NickB79 Dec 2023 #49

When my mom passed away 11 years ago, while cleaning out her things doc03 Dec 2023 #51

Well.... ExWhoDoesntCare Dec 2023 #64

That is kind of primitive looking. But $78,000 and they send you home the next day now. doc03 Dec 2023 #66

OK...then how many chickens for a series of radiation treatments? /nt sdfernando Dec 2023 #53

And how will doctors pay for their malpractice insurance with eggs and pigs and bales of hay? greatauntoftriplets Dec 2023 #54

Anything! Anything at all! Just don't make rich people pay taxes! Iggo Dec 2023 #55

The GOP is crazy and out of touch with the American people! CarolinaNC Dec 2023 #56

So how does one barter open heart surgery? vankuria Dec 2023 #57

... Diamond_Dog Dec 2023 #58

That guy needs to F all the way off. area51 Dec 2023 #59

I like it azureblue Dec 2023 #60

America, the flea market of health care. sarcasmo Dec 2023 #65

What about slavery? That worked, too! Iggo Dec 2023 #67