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Old 09-25-2010, 03:43 AM  
Slappin Fish
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Originally Posted by AmeliaG View Post
If you need a $40k operation, you can go to Thailand and have it done for $8k, while staying in the equivalent of a four star hotel room your loved ones are welcome in, with a personal 24/7 nurse.

Let me give you a more personal example. Someone close....
Since you like personal examples, let me give you one. Last year a friend's wife died giving birth in an up market Thai hospital, they offered him 20000 bht ($700) and told him to go away.

You can't look at health care prices without taking into account the cost of medical malpractice.
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