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    Posted February 22, 2013 by
    douglasodum
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    Kingman, Arizona
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    Bitter pill: The cost of health care in the U.S.

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    It wasn't a gold nugget

    By douglasodum  |  Posted February 22, 2013  |  Kingman, Arizona
     
    I went to the ER at the Yuma Regional Medical Center in the early morning of July 6th, 2011.
    I had severe abdominal pain.
    I was diagnosed in 5 minutes, literally, with a kidney stone, given fluids intravenously for dehydration, and given a pain-killer.
    After easily diagnosing the kidney stone, the attending physician sent me down for a CAT scan.
    My bill at this NOT FOR PROFIT organization was $9,587.20.
    The doctor’s portion of this bill, for literally five minutes of face time and four questions, was $700.63
    I walked out of there, with nothing resolved.
    I still had the kidney stone, and still do.
    As an Arizona teacher, this bill amounts to 29.5% of my salary, which, by the way, has been reduced each of the last three years.
    ER $8,593.20
    Dr. $763.00
    “Imaging” $231.00
    Total $9,587.20
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