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Re:The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that le... by dheera on Saturday November 20, 2021 @10:57AM (#29289162)
Okay, so a $200 surcharge every time they have to deal with butts. $100 for urine, $50 for vomit. Charge it to the insurance anyway, they're used to paying $40000 a day for a hospital bed, they can pay $200 for dealing with a butt.

Plumbers have to deal with the aftermath of butts MUCH more often and they don't have the luxury of someone's insurance they can just throw arbitrarily high charges to.

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Re:The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that le... by hsbauauvhabzb on Saturday November 20, 2021 @05:25PM (#29292394)
You realise there’s medical professionals who deal with poop right?

There’s also the whole ‘all your clients are sick, some are contagious’ thing.

I’m not saying america isn’t insane, but to try and pretend plumbers have it far worse isn’t quite accurate.

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Re:The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that le... by dheera on Sunday November 21, 2021 @12:46PM (#29298105)
Okay, so pay those poop-doctors double salary? They're basically gastrointestinal plumbers.
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Re:The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that le... by hsbauauvhabzb on Sunday November 21, 2021 @10:40PM (#29302471)
doctors are paid roughly equivalent, and the cost of healthcare is substantially lower in other companies, so I’m not really sure what you think you’re solving here, but I don’t see your plan ever working either.
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