Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Buzz, > I am not sure what you mean, Austin. It's quite simple. You said the doctor got only $2k. The overall billings to the insurance companies are far more than $2k. Who gets all the money? > The hospital gets about four to > five grand for the birth, laboratories collect another one and a half to > two thousand. That's about it for normal prenatal care and a moderately > complicated delivery. Hum. Our two routine births were a hell of a lot more than that! > My point is, what's your M6 or M7 worth to you in terms of other aspects > of your life about which one may or may not complain? But on the other hand, births are a lot more common than M7's ;-) > For those among > us with stents, was your heart procedure worth as much to you as a > camera? I feel that's a useless metric, and that isn't meant insultingly at all, just stating what I feel. Of course life issues are far more important, but what does money have to do with level of importance? Should you pay a mechanic $20k to do brakes on your car, because if he doesn't, 6 people may die? Certainly a brake job is more important than M7 to some, but that doesn't mean it should cost more! Regards, Austin - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html