Obama's Inflated Health Savings
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Posted By: AmeriKhan Lobo @ 06/24/2008 3:45:57 PM
Comment: I would've paid close to $10,000 in the US for my son's birth at a hospital with equal care.
Posted By: AmeriKhan Lobo @ 06/24/2008 3:43:42 PM
Comment: I have a son who was born in Costa Rica. I paid the doctor $1000 and I paid $1000 for 1 1/2 days in a private hospital which was as clean and secure as any hospital I've been to in the US. We had a private room with an extra futon bed and a large LCD screen TV. I was able to be right next to my wife, I was the fist to hold my son and I cut the "cord" on both ends. I would've paid closer to $10,000 in the US.
1 week later we found out that my son had pulmonary valve stenosis( an almost closed valve in his heart. We took him to the Children's Hospital which is rated the 2nd best hospital for children in all of Latin America. The operation and hospital stay would have cost me at least $30,000 in the US but I didn't have to pay a dime because my son was a Costa Rican by birth.
My son's surgery couldn't have gone any better than it did and he is now in perfect health.
The World Health Organization ranks the US health system at #37. Costa Rica is one higher at #36. Saudi Arabia is # 26. Singapore is #6 and France is #1. I know you would like to believe the US is #1 but it's just not so.
Posted By: AmeriKhan Lobo @ 06/24/2008 3:36:45 PM
Comment: I have a son who was born in Costa Rica. I paid $1000 for a private hospital which was as clean and secure as any hospital I've been to in the US. We had a private room with a futon bed and a large LCD screen TV. I was able to be right next to my wife, I was the fist to hold my son and I cut the "cord" on both ends. 1 weak later we found out that my son had pulmonary valve stenosis( an almost closed valve in his heart. We took him to the Children's Hospital which is rated the 2nd best hospital for children in all of Latin America. The operation and hospital stay would have cost me at least $30,000 in the US but I didn't have to pay a dime because my son was a Costa Rican by birth.
My son's surgery couldn't have gone any better than it did and he is now in perfect health.
The World Health Organization ranks the US health system at #37. Costa Rica is one higher at #36. Saudi Arabia is # 26. Singapore is #6 and France is #1. I kniw you would like to believe the US is #1 but it's just not so.