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   George,   
      
    GP> I have a podiatry certified Rn come to my home every 6-7 weeks to trim   
    GP> my toes & do a full health check of my feet while she's down there. . .   
    GP> all for $50.   
      
     Not bad...I pay $65 at my clinic. I've had several foot surgeries...arches   
   built in at 11 (I was born without them), then in the last 12 years, I've   
   had nails removed off two of the toes off of each foot (after having freak   
   accidents, as I'm so klutzy), plus plantar fasciitis (bone spur) surgery on    
   both feet (done at the same time). Plantar Facsiitis is the most common   
   condition seen by podiatrists.   
      
     When the weather conditions change, the scars on my feet really bother me.    
   The HMO I have is sending a female nurse practitioner by this Friday for an   
   exam...she's going to have fun when she sees my 22 page medlist.    
      
    GP> Had my big toe's nail & matrix/bed removed a few yeares back; my GP   
    GP> sent me to a General Surgeon who did it (he died since, & General   
    GP> Surgeons just tefer all foot surical stuff to a podiatrist  This guy I   
    GP> had was exceptional)   
      
     The worst part was the anesthetic they applied before removing the nail.   
      
    GP> If there's one thing I've learned in taking care of medical bills in   
    GP> the US for the past 15 years, is never pay the printed cost!   
      
     Shortly after I was discharged from the hospital the first time after the   
   first atrial flutter diagnosis, I turned in the financial assistance form.   
   I have not heard a word back from them, so they either wrote it off, or it   
   is going through insurance. I surely am not going to bother them about it.   
      
    GP> I've seen a surgery bill knocked down to 20% of the original 4/5 thrown   
    GP> away).   
      
     That happened with another local hospital...they wrote the whole thing off.   
      
    GP> Can't do that here in BC, as that would be practicing law without a   
    GP> license. :P   
      
     Sounds like Groucho Marx as Doctor Quackenbush. He's taking this guy's   
   pulse, and quips "Either this man is dead, or my watch is stopped!!".    
      
    GP> IMO, laws are made just to befuddle & require always more lawyer hours   
    GP> to resolve the problems they create.   
      
     When I served on jury duty in Little Rock 25 years ago, apparently the   
   lawyers were getting at least $1000 an hour. As a juror, I got $20 a day.   
      
   Daryl   
      
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