Does anyone here know what is the typical price of a "sentinel lymph node biopsy"?

Floridatexan wrote:
 I want to know whether you're happy with your primary care physician.    

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Bob wrote:

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Ive watched your little tirade on here about this and really it seems like your are having a panic attack over it and are pushing your doctor into getting a node biopsy

I told him "listen up,  pal, either you do this node biopsy or I'm gonna rough you up".

Haha you............................good for you. Nothing wrong with paying for a little piece of mind if you can afford it.

btw I would be careful btw to do one of those out of the country things like some are talking about. you seem very protective of your health so I cant see why you would risk it by going to a 3rd world nation somewhere to save a few dollars. contraire to what they say, this country does have the best health care.

oh perhaps mr seaoat who spends 22 thousand dollars a MONTH for 2 shots and complains its cheaper in Canada. might ask him with all his money is he still seeing American physicians. 

PBulldog2 wrote:

Chrissy - Canada is not a third world country.  

doubtingthomas wrote:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14605613

PBulldog2 wrote:

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Bob wrote:

. wrote:

Ive watched your little tirade on here about this and really it seems like your are having a panic attack over it and are pushing your doctor into getting a node biopsy

I told him "listen up,  pal, either you do this node biopsy or I'm gonna rough you up".

Haha you............................good for you. Nothing wrong with paying for a little piece of mind if you can afford it.

btw I would be careful btw to do one of those out of the country things like some are talking about. you seem very protective of your health so I cant see why you would risk it by going to a 3rd world nation somewhere to save a few dollars. contraire to what they say, this country does have the best health care.

oh perhaps mr seaoat who spends 22 thousand dollars a MONTH for 2 shots and complains its cheaper in Canada. might ask him with all his money is he still seeing American physicians. 

Chrissy - Canada is not a third world country.  

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PBulldog2 wrote:

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Bob wrote:

. wrote:

Ive watched your little tirade on here about this and really it seems like your are having a panic attack over it and are pushing your doctor into getting a node biopsy

I told him "listen up,  pal, either you do this node biopsy or I'm gonna rough you up".

Haha you............................good for you. Nothing wrong with paying for a little piece of mind if you can afford it.

btw I would be careful btw to do one of those out of the country things like some are talking about. you seem very protective of your health so I cant see why you would risk it by going to a 3rd world nation somewhere to save a few dollars. contraire to what they say, this country does have the best health care.

oh perhaps mr seaoat who spends 22 thousand dollars a MONTH for 2 shots and complains its cheaper in Canada. might ask him with all his money is he still seeing American physicians. 

Chrissy - Canada is not a third world country.  

ive dealt with the candian health care system. not sure if you have. ive not only dealt with them, but my son in law is Canadian and his whole family is from there , not only that, his mother is a nurse here in naples. I think she knows alittle about Canadian healthcare and just saying, she feels pretty much like I do about it. it aint all that.

PBulldog2 wrote:

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PBulldog2 wrote:

. wrote:

Bob wrote:

. wrote:

Ive watched your little tirade on here about this and really it seems like your are having a panic attack over it and are pushing your doctor into getting a node biopsy

I told him "listen up,  pal, either you do this node biopsy or I'm gonna rough you up".

Haha you............................good for you. Nothing wrong with paying for a little piece of mind if you can afford it.

btw I would be careful btw to do one of those out of the country things like some are talking about. you seem very protective of your health so I cant see why you would risk it by going to a 3rd world nation somewhere to save a few dollars. contraire to what they say, this country does have the best health care.

oh perhaps mr seaoat who spends 22 thousand dollars a MONTH for 2 shots and complains its cheaper in Canada. might ask him with all his money is he still seeing American physicians. 

Chrissy - Canada is not a third world country.  

ive dealt with the candian health care system. not sure if you have. ive not only dealt with them, but my son in law is Canadian and his whole family is from there , not only that, his mother is a nurse here in naples. I think she knows alittle about Canadian healthcare and just saying, she feels pretty much like I do about it. it aint all that.

I've had lots of friends and co-workers over the years who are from Canada. You're right in saying the health care is not "all that" - no health care system is. However, they do like the fact that they can access health care when they need it, even though they may have to wait for some procedures. The cost involved at point of service is sooo much lower, but you do have to factor in the general tax. Even with that, the cost doesn't come close to what we pay here, particularly with regard to medications. Also, they don't have lawyers falling over one another trying to find the next doctor or hospital to sue.

We here in the US have an opportunity to develop an entirely new type of system. We can have a single payer program that covers all, and Medigap-type policies of different grades (bronze, silver, platinum, all that rot) available for those who can afford them.

Chrissy, I don't like the personal mandate any better than you do. I also cringe at the thought of government running health care. But I just don't see any other option that will reasonably and fairly provide comprehensive, consistent care to all of the citizens in our country. Hopefully

We all talk about how Medicaid is available to those with a low income and the poor, but those of us who have worked in the system know how hard it is for someone with Medicaid to even get an appointment with a physician. Because the government reimbursement is extremely low and very very slow to pay. In the mean time their office is over-flowing with Medicaid patients. It's hard for physicians to survive without paying patients.

Speaking of the government running things: if the government runs health care like the VA runs their disability program, we are doomed. That frightens me. I support single payer, but it has to be streamlined, efficient, and mindful of waste and abuse. Can the government do this? I don't know. I wish the politicians would divorce health care from politics and just work together to get this done. But if wishes were horses.....

I'm worried.

Joanimaroni wrote:

PBulldog2 wrote:

. wrote:

PBulldog2 wrote:

. wrote:

Bob wrote:

. wrote:

Ive watched your little tirade on here about this and really it seems like your are having a panic attack over it and are pushing your doctor into getting a node biopsy

I told him "listen up,  pal, either you do this node biopsy or I'm gonna rough you up".

Haha you............................good for you. Nothing wrong with paying for a little piece of mind if you can afford it.

btw I would be careful btw to do one of those out of the country things like some are talking about. you seem very protective of your health so I cant see why you would risk it by going to a 3rd world nation somewhere to save a few dollars. contraire to what they say, this country does have the best health care.

oh perhaps mr seaoat who spends 22 thousand dollars a MONTH for 2 shots and complains its cheaper in Canada. might ask him with all his money is he still seeing American physicians. 

Chrissy - Canada is not a third world country.  

ive dealt with the candian health care system. not sure if you have. ive not only dealt with them, but my son in law is Canadian and his whole family is from there , not only that, his mother is a nurse here in naples. I think she knows alittle about Canadian healthcare and just saying, she feels pretty much like I do about it. it aint all that.

I've had lots of friends and co-workers over the years who are from Canada. You're right in saying the health care is not "all that" - no health care system is. However, they do like the fact that they can access health care when they need it, even though they may have to wait for some procedures. The cost involved at point of service is sooo much lower, but you do have to factor in the general tax. Even with that, the cost doesn't come close to what we pay here, particularly with regard to medications. Also, they don't have lawyers falling over one another trying to find the next doctor or hospital to sue.

We here in the US have an opportunity to develop an entirely new type of system. We can have a single payer program that covers all, and Medigap-type policies of different grades (bronze, silver, platinum, all that rot) available for those who can afford them.

Chrissy, I don't like the personal mandate any better than you do. I also cringe at the thought of government running health care. But I just don't see any other option that will reasonably and fairly provide comprehensive, consistent care to all of the citizens in our country. Hopefully

We all talk about how Medicaid is available to those with a low income and the poor, but those of us who have worked in the system know how hard it is for someone with Medicaid to even get an appointment with a physician. Because the government reimbursement is extremely low and very very slow to pay. In the mean time their office is over-flowing with Medicaid patients. It's hard for physicians to survive without paying patients.

Speaking of the government running things: if the government runs health care like the VA runs their disability program, we are doomed. That frightens me. I support single payer, but it has to be streamlined, efficient, and mindful of waste and abuse. Can the government do this? I don't know. I wish the politicians would divorce health care from politics and just work together to get this done. But if wishes were horses.....

I'm worried.

2seaoat wrote:She told me flatly that she liked the health care system in Canada better than what we have here.


Anybody who has had to deal with illness in their family would raise legitimate questions on our health care system.   Now if a person who pulls a pay check from this systems thinks its the cat's meow.....maybe they are doing some really good things for people.....nothing wrong with pride and quality care......but when we look at the entire system......this first hand perspective becomes less important.....a drug which is four times more expensive in America is pretty hard to explain with a great story about how somebody was saved by our system...........