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Holy cow a shot to stop D
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Holy cow a shot to stop D
A person we know had bowel cancer, the chemo gave her D. She was in the hospital with non-stop D. They gave her a shot that they billed Medicare $12,000!
DISCLAIMER: I am not a doctor and don't play one on TV.
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
LDN July 18, 2014
Joan
Besides the unfortunate fact that it provides the pharmaceutical industry with yet another tool to use to bankrupt Medicare, I can't help but wonder what the shot was, what it does, and what the side effects are. Maybe someone will discover a cheaper way to utilize that mechanism.
It may have simply been an antidote to the chemo treatment. Do you know how long it is supposed to be effective?
Tex
It may have simply been an antidote to the chemo treatment. Do you know how long it is supposed to be effective?
Tex
It is suspected that some of the hardest material known to science can be found in the skulls of GI specialists who insist that diet has nothing to do with the treatment of microscopic colitis.
The bill, I don't doubt, probably was 12,000. It would be interesting to know how much was actually paid by Medicare. I'm pretty sure 12,000 wasn't the amount.
I'm not trying to start a debate here. It's just a question I usually ask when when someone mentions how much hospitals, doctors charge Medicare.
Love, Shirley
I'm not trying to start a debate here. It's just a question I usually ask when when someone mentions how much hospitals, doctors charge Medicare.
Love, Shirley
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