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Re:After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea by masonic on Monday January 29, 2018 @03:41AM (#16256220) 

  back of the woods in Europe, the same would cost you nothing.
Sure, it would be much cheaper when one or more patients doesn't survive in the first place, for example.

Keep in mind that story is a donation appeal and is weak in details -- for example, why a healthy mom needs to stay in a $10K/day NNICU private room for months on end is beyond me (would that even be an option in "backwoods Europe"?) The article also misstates ACA numbers.

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Re:After Surgery in Germany, I Wanted Vicodin, Not Herbal Tea by DanBC on Monday January 29, 2018 @05:26AM (#16256635)
> for example, why a healthy mom needs to stay in a $10K/day NNICU private room for months on end is beyond me (would that even be an option in "backwoods Europe"?)

Yes, of course it would. Stop believing the myth that Europe just kills people when they get too ill.

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