maleficent

In recent history (like the past two years) doctors in NJ went out on a one day strike to protest the high cost of malpractice insurance. Yes, doctors do make a lot of money, but they also paid a lot of money to go to school to get their MD and most of 'em went on student loans so are paying back that money) What the doctors pay in malpractice insurance is obscene, it honestly makes you wonder why many of them want to practice medicine and don't just go into research.

And before y'all jump on the Let's kill all the lawyer's bandwagon, lawyers do serve a purpose, health care costs are not the fault of lawyers.

What you paid isn't bad, considering all you got, 2 doctors, xrays, and a cast. I don't have the numbers at the ready, but look at the figures for having a baby costs, and this is just plain old childbirth - no complications.

There's no such thing as "free healthcare". It's not this magic thing that just gets handed to you -- Someone is paying for it-- guess who? The taxpayer... Gotta wonder how often taxes go up because of healthcare costs.

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