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vankuria

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57. So how does one barter open heart surgery?

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Dec 5, 2023, 01:07 PM

Dec 2023

Hand over your home to the hospital?

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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