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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 08:54 PM Original message |
Price of a hospital circumcision in the US: $23,000. Other countries: $1200. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
1. Did you ask for a breakdown of costs? That just doesn't make sense |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It's not me. I just linked to a story. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. That story is misleading because few if any routine infant circumcisions |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
27. there's no assistant, nor is there an operating room |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
2. Every procedure in the US is that much more expensive |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Not THAT procedure. No pediatric surgeon is needed, |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I know that... hell the tie down papoose |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
3. A rabbi would have just taken a tip . . . . |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Mohel but yes |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Haha. |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Boat payments. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
6. Capitalism at its finest. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. No, just muckracking journalism at its best. |
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w8liftinglady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. that seems awful high...maybe 2300 dollars? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. I had a day surgery procedure done at Medical City |
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Denninmi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Good God. What does Mohel charge? |
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DevonRex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
11. That's not right. But the ratio is correct. Nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. No, the ratio isn't even close to correct. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. Oh, that's just BS... |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
13. It doesn't |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. That is a complete crock. A routine infant circumcision doesn't require a pediatric surgeon. |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
16. That seems crazy to me, especially since it has to be a common thing for newborns. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:34 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. And if it seems crazy, it often isn't true. As in this case. |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Yet, this isn't a routine infant circumcision. It is a circumcision of a TODDLER |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. If that is true, then there's no point in comparing other countries' average prices |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. I think ours are billed at $1600 for routine circs done in the first few days |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:11 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Also, according to this anti-circ site, they can do clamp procedures |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 12:33 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Thank you! I had no idea... |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:22 PM Response to Original message |
18. I wish my family had just saved the money. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Well, not cutting up your kid's dick is free. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
24. we used an urologist. in office. hospital with another son. neither that high |
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Kat45 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. MGH is a very expensive hospital |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
26. We could also talk about how it's wrong to cut off a part of an infant's dick. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-27-11 12:39 AM Response to Reply #26 |
42. +1 |
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abelenkpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Skipping it is free nt |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
29. Because the child is 14 mos, the procedure is no longer as routine as with a newborn. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. Followup piece from the website the story originated from |
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apocalypsehow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Pretty outrageous. As that procedure should be mandatory for all sorts of health reasons, it should |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I think many people would take issue with it being "mandatory". |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
37. Time to call a mohel |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. Used to be $50 -- think Mel Brooks will still do one for $50 -- !!! |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-26-11 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
40. Health Care is more expensive because our system is designed |
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