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Old 07-27-2017, 04:43 PM  
Barry-xlovecam
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So what are you going to do about it? Fuck all ...
Videos like that are foolish --

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Then you have to stock them and RN's at $40/hr have to hook them up and change them. Maybe, a LPN in a hospital can do this. So maybe the actual cost incurred is $30? Ever seen an IV stand in a hospital here is one at sale at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_i=8297370011

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Mercy Hospital in Merced, California has 185 beds and cost $166 million when it was built five years ago. At less than $1 million per bed, it was considered quite economical, especially for California.
https://www.quora.com/How-much-does-...ild-a-hospital
This is gotten out of hand but we are not dealing with reality here and neither is the government.

There are a lot of ways to reduce costs -- subsidizing publicly traded insurance companies is not one of them. We really have to cut the fat out of the system and concentrate more on preventative care -- it is not as profitable as trauma or chronic care -- but can prevent some of that in the first palace. Stop using the ER for a physicians office, establish walk-in public health clinics, etc ... If you look at countries that have comparable wage standards to the USA we are paying too much for too little.
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