DRUG WAR | Guy's Attempt To Take Rattlesnake Selfie Ends With $153,000 Bill

[tecelote]

The real story here is that a drug that could be produced for less than $100 cost thousands because there is no competition form other companies and no imports allowed.

In the comments people mention that veterinary anti-venom only cost $875 per dose. Another comment mentions that Viagra is $5 per pill in Cuba but $38 in the US.

How is this a free economy? The Republicans claim they want free enterprise and no regulation but our healthcare is so rigged. It's un-American.

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This was a misssstake.

A San Diego-area man ssssent (OK, we'll stop) KGTV footage of himself lying in a hospital bed after he said he tried to take a selfie with a rattlesnake.

The bill for services rendered to Todd Fassler on July 7 comes to a whopping $153,161.25



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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rattlesnake-selfie-hospital-bill_55b38198e4b0a13f9d18bf80

[djean111]

1. This is meant to spread world-wide, with the new "trade agreements".

Pretty soon the real war (for our money) will be between the "health care" industry and the Pentagon.

[brewens]

2. Had a boss that as a high school kid tried to show he was quicker than a rattlesnake.

It was a party at a dudes house that had one in a terrarium. He reached to taunt the snake, thinking he'd pull his hand out without getting bit and got nailed right between his thumb and forefinger! He's one of those guy like an "idiot savant" but sometimes without the savant part!

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Ridiculous, but I would have charged $150,000 of it as "Dumbass Tax", anyway. nt

[hobbit709]

4. STOOPID should be painful and expensive.

[Oilwellian]

5. Who's the real snake here? n/t

[Atman]

6. Hmmm...exact same picture I've seen on FB memes

This is some sort of stock photo, and I doubt the numbers have anything to do with a snake bite. I understand the larger point being made, but it looks like a story was written to fit the numbers.

[Orrex]

7. Interesting assessment.

Nice catch!

[tecelote]

8. Quick Tin Eye search...

http://www.tineye.com/search/ba936f830a733a852a239fcafa1c394b3582b7b6/

Only 7 found.

[Doctor_J]

9. don't blame it all on republicans

Our healthcare debacle and TPP are your "democratic" president's signature achievements