My dad's surgery in July was $130,000 no bs he has a copy of the bill. 9 days in icu. There's probably another 30-40,000 to add to that due to all the other bs he's been through since then. And it ain't done yet
Lemme make a comment from the self employed side of the fence.
If you get insurance through your company you have no clue how good you got it. I pay $750 a month for a family hmo through Tufts. We used to be on bcbs but they went up last year to $1100 a month and we had no choice but to dump them. Next year the bill will prob be around $1000 a month and realistically we're probably going to have to dump it. As much as I hate putting money in these lizards and snakes pockets it's almost a necessity. But at what expense. It's not worth working 7 days a week to be able to afford health ins.
Canada has universal health care. Their gas, cigarette and booze taxes pay for most of it. They can go to any doc they want. I'm not impressed with their hospitals but if they can do it then we can too!!!
It's all about money.