Further leg update

[grahamsleight]

So my hospital appointment today was supposed to cover the following:

1) Remove the fibreglass "backslab" cast.
2) Remove the dressings on the wounds from surgery, check they're OK.
3) If Yes to 2), remove the 20-30 metal staples holding the wounds together.

I had an additional appointment on 26th Oct, at which the following was scheduled:

4) X-ray of

Comments

[cellardoor28]

I believe the price in the US would amount to roughly a metric Fucktonne (slightly more than an imperial Fucktonne :p).

I'm glad to know that it went well today, and that Mr H does in fact have his uses.

[rosefox]

Of course, over here we'd spell it "fuckton".

Yahoo! Answers is pretty useless, but one commenter here says, "Obviously it depends on how bad the break is and whether or not a hospital stay/surgery is required. When I broke my leg. I broke it in 5 places I had to have two surgeries and 2 months of Physical therapy. And I had insurance. But just to give you an Idea. My insurance company paid out over $50,000." And keep in mind that hospitals charge insurance companies between 20% and 50% of what they charge uninsured civilians.

[grahamsleight]

Of course, over here we'd spell it "fuckton".

Which merely looks to us like a very rude placename...

[rosefox]

Only if preceded by Upper, Outer, South, etc.

[affinity8]

I'd be bankrupt.

[ellen_kushner]

Christ on a crutch (so to speak)!!!! Good luck - heal well....

[majuran]

If you are interested in cost the hospital should have a person able to tell you - they do bill foreign visitors for this sort of stuff so should have a tariff.

[jamiam]

The thing about the US "system" is that it depends entirely on your employer and their insurance, right? So as an employee of the National Observatory--which basically made me a federal employee--the excellent level of coverage with Cigna Healthcare would have meant that I could have gone through everything you did with only a $75 emergency room copay, a couple of $10 specialist copays (including one copay for each visit to a physical therapist, if physical therapy turned out to be required), and an additional $10 copay for the prescription. So the final bill for me would have been $125-$200 dollars. Annoying, yes, but hardly unbearable.

For my academic friends, coverage with United Healthcare would not have been quite as awesome, but still pretty good--they probably would have gotten away with paying $200-$250.

For the rest of my friends, on non-academic corporate plans, the likely insurance coverage would be 20/80, with high deductibles. So assuming your operation and specialist fees ran ~$10,000*, they would wind up receiving a