Somebody is smoking crack.  I had CT release, S-L repair, and an ulnar
nerve reposition done for less than $8 total, all in one swell foop.

Find a competent orthopedic surgeon, ask if s/he can do it under a
local nerve block in the office.  If he can't or won't ask for a
referral to someone who can/will.  If you strike out on that and
you've got to go to a day surgery center you can negotiate a cash
price with the orthopedist and separately with the surgical center.
The surgical center price should include anaesthesia.

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Reply to the list as I do not publish an email address to USENET.
This practice has cut my spam by more than 95%.  
Of course, I did have to abandon a perfectly good email account...

Dear Yubbers,

I had the TV on the other day and it was tuned to CSPAN, the government
channel, where they praise each other one minute and call each other
a.sholes the next. I had it on because it works well for sleeping. The was
some congressperson from Iowa who had apparently replying to the
immigration problem and such and somehow the subject of healthcare came up.
He said all Americans and illegal aliens for that matter have health
insurance. He pointed out that hospitals are required to treat you,
regardless of circumstance. He used an example of two Mexicans who stabbed
each other over smuggling drugs. One guy was so bad he was airlifted by
helicopter to a trauma facility in the US, but both were treated on U.S.
soil and didn't pay a cent (or peso).
So you just go have your surgery, and when they send you the bills, you
just send half to that nice man from Iowa and the rest to the Mexican
embassy. The government says you don't have to pay, it's on tape from
Friday night, in the congressional record, and if you need that man from
Iowa's name you just let me know.

Dont pay them a dime, it's on Iowa--og
yubbers9@yahoo.com wrote in article
<1158547116.111875.42070@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>...

Have you worked enough quarters to qualify for
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)?

Is you income low enoung to qualify for Medicare?

Does your county have an indigent health plan (every
county in California does, under state law).

... I had to delete windoze - my cat ate the mouse.

Try Mexico. The prices for surgery for outpatient procedures there are
usually about 1/3 what they are in the US.

HMc

Please go to Cuba and have it done and come back here to tell us all about
it.   Oh,,,, you say that you can not afford the transportation cost to get
there???   Are you sure they are taking people from the USA into their
Communist system just to have a procedure done???  Do you think you can get
a job to pay for this down there???  Do you expect the head of Cuba to dig
into his 700 million in foreign banks to take care of you????  He does not
do it for his own people and he is going to do it for you????
   Let us know how you come out and do not think the sharks that eat people
leaving Cuba will not see you floating in.

Harv

Before you pursue a solution outside the United States, you should
definitely consult with any and all social service agencies. If you
haven't done that, you certainly should.

Good luck!

Hi,
I am an orthopaedic surgeon, I do a lot of Carpal Tunnel surgery, I f
you can come to India i will do it for you.
Dr. Deepak Sen