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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by jhgb on Sunday July 11, 2021 @11:59AM (#27801893)
> Think people going into the doctor or urgent care because they have cold symptoms (for less than a week)

Uh...what else do you suggest that sick people should do? Be irresponsible and go to work or something?

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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by giantg2 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @12:04PM (#27801945)
Not sure what this comment is even about.
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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by jhgb on Sunday July 11, 2021 @01:21PM (#27802769)
Nor am I -- that's why I asked what it was about!
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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by giantg2 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @03:31PM (#27803929)
No, I mean I don't understand your point. People can stay home or work from home without needing to see a doctor when it's something like a common cold. It's stupid to go in for something basic and demand a treatment that won't even help.
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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by jhgb on Sunday July 11, 2021 @04:09PM (#27804191)
Who are you to diagnose people? Are you an MD?
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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by giantg2 on Sunday July 11, 2021 @06:42PM (#27805073)
Lol I'm not diagnosing anyone. Do you go to the doctor for every splinter you get? Do you demand antibiotics for a cold?

The point is that people decide when they need care, and some of those people are idiots.

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Re:List price for stitches at Stanford Health Care: $93K by jhgb on Monday July 12, 2021 @02:23AM (#27807633)
Careful, there's some dangerous splinters out there. Fortunately I almost never work with wood.

And if I don't know that something is cold, I don't assume it's cold.

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