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> It's when you visit a hospital (voluntarily or via emergency ambulance) that you'll start getting the $1,000 - $100,000 bills that'll kill ya.

As a kid I had a 2 day hospital stay for an appendectomy that cost about $1000.

An appendectomy now runs around $100,000. An airlift to the emergency room will also cost around $75,000.

This is a common childhood ailment and is not related to living the so-called sinful lifestyle that people like to bring up as justification for high medical costs.



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