Most of what I know about the US health care service I learned from these boards, but I'm getting the distinct impression you lot pay too much and get too little.
Almost three years ago, I blew a disc in my back. Not a lot of pain, but I was losing feeling in both feet. An MRI (which cost me nothing) showed that the L4/L5 vertebrae were pressing against the sciatic nerve. I was sent to a specialist who tried a series of steroid injections (which didn't work and cost me nothing). It was determined that surgery was the only option left. I had a lumbar laminectomy. The procedure was done by a neurosurgeon and his assistant, accompanied by the anesthesiologist and a surgical nurse. I was sent home the following day, and took two weeks of PT.
All of this cost me...nothing.
Boru
Almost three years ago, I blew a disc in my back. Not a lot of pain, but I was losing feeling in both feet. An MRI (which cost me nothing) showed that the L4/L5 vertebrae were pressing against the sciatic nerve. I was sent to a specialist who tried a series of steroid injections (which didn't work and cost me nothing). It was determined that surgery was the only option left. I had a lumbar laminectomy. The procedure was done by a neurosurgeon and his assistant, accompanied by the anesthesiologist and a surgical nurse. I was sent home the following day, and took two weeks of PT.
All of this cost me...nothing.
Boru
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