n:
\ˈjet-səm\
the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress

twinkletoes

  1. Monday, January 23rd 2012
  2. 6:11pm|reblogged from Mother Jones magazine on Tumblr:
    motherjones: C’mon, Internets and/or savvy Obama campaign staffers, you’re gonna make this a meme, right? iamobamacare: Miss M’s original post that inspired this Tumblr. “This is ONLY the hospital and does not include the doctor, the assistant, the anesthesiologist, the labs, my primary doctor (for pre-surgery clearance) or any other provider. The hospital billed $40,316.02 Forty-thousand dollars. Of that, the agreed rates between the insurance and the hospital took off $6,047.40. My portion due is $4,155.69. Almost forty-two hundred bucks. Which is a hell of a lot less than $40k, but still shows how HUGE an expense this surgery is. It’s why healthcare needs to be affordable for everyone.”via

    motherjones:

    C’mon, Internets and/or savvy Obama campaign staffers, you’re gonna make this a meme, right?

    iamobamacare:

    Miss M’s original post that inspired this Tumblr.

    “This is ONLY the hospital and does not include the doctor, the assistant, the anesthesiologist, the labs, my primary doctor (for pre-surgery clearance) or any other provider.

    The hospital billed $40,316.02 Forty-thousand dollars. Of that, the agreed rates between the insurance and the hospital took off $6,047.40. My portion due is $4,155.69. Almost forty-two hundred bucks. Which is a hell of a lot less than $40k, but still shows how HUGE an expense this surgery is. It’s why healthcare needs to be affordable for everyone.”
    via

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