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A System of the Absurd
Charge for wellness checkup blood tests @ St. Lukes Hospital: $1142.20. Amount written off by hospital as negotiated by Anthem BC/BS: $967.20. The insurance company pays NOTHING for this service. Amount patient required to pay: $175 Does any of this make sense? Does $1142.20 represent the true cost of doing the testing for the hospital? What if I had requested to pay cash for the whole thing? Same charge? BTW, my mom's hospital bill (Des Peres Hospital) for her same-day surgery (rotator cuff repair)--ready--$33,000. Not sure what her insurance is going to cover yet, but she was at the hospital from 8 am to 5 pm, and in actual surgery less than 2 hours. Never admitted to a room, just in and out burger style. The surgeon had 8 similar surgeries on the schedule that day. Bonus!
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Tee Cee
Much appreciation for your philosophy. Funny...seems you are on the "dark side" when it comes to the teachings of movement when it comes to PT's. I've had tons of discussions with PT's who don't even think about teaching O-lifts. "Too destructive to the body, no one does them right, etc."
Anyway. Thanks for the forum. I like your thoughts!