The Henry Ford of Heart Surgeries!! COSTS CAN BE CONTROLLED

[benld74]

When some ditto individual starts in how we have the best health care in the world, and they don't care about paying for it, recall for them your reading on the article below. Impressive it is folk:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125875892887958111.html?mod=WSJ_hps_MIDDLEThirdNews

Dr. Shetty, who entered the limelight in the early 1990s as Mother Teresa's cardiac surgeon, offers cutting-edge medical care in India at a fraction of what it costs elsewhere in the world. His flagship heart hospital charges $2,000, on average, for open-heart surgery, compared with hospitals in the U.S. that are paid between $20,000 and $100,000, depending on the complexity of the surgery

[old mark]

1. I had a 5 way bypass surgery in the USA (Eastern PA) in October, 2003.

total bill to my insurance co was nearly $60,000 all told.

My house didn't cost that much. I can't complain, though - I'm still alive - but 2 doctors completely misdiagnosed my condition for several years before I had 2 heart attacks that day. Quality medical care? Open to debate.

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