Whoa.
Adam, I know you're only relating what you've been informed, but something needs to be said of the nurse's outrageous ignorance. The notion that aliens don't have insurance and U.S. citizens all carry insurance has hardly been the case. A significant fraction of the citizenry of Nevada and Arizona (and not just) have not been carrying health insurance. Moreover, citizens are not dying as a result of aliens using up antivenin stocks. The high cost of antivenin has to do with profit---not aliens. It has been extensively written about that antivenin does not generate sufficient profit for drug companies so the prices get hiked up to the Moon. And then no one buys it to keep on hand so there are shortages. All best / Darryl On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Adam Hupe wrote: > I was told by a local nurse that the average cost to treat a Mojave Green > snake > bite is between $60,000.00 and $70,000.00. I asked why so expensive? She > claimed that illegal aliens, working mostly out-of-doors with no insurance > are > mainly to blame. None have insurance and the anti-venom is difficult to keep > on > hand. She claimed that many U.S. citizens with insurance have died because > they > could not get access to it in time, partly because it was used on somebody > else > without insurance. This in part is why the treatment is so expensive. Only > a > few are able to afford it. You better make sure your health insurance covers > such things. > > Be Careful and Happy Hunting, > > Adam > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
