[geeks] just to stir things up, a few predictions

[Joshua Boyd]

On Sat, Oct 23, 2004 at 01:11:49PM -0400, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:

> Before they expanded heavily in the 90s, and the HMOs became powerful
> and sucked up most of the locally insured, costs were far less.  I could
> get a yearly or bi-annual checkup for about $250, bloodwork included, or
> much less if I used insurance.

My wife recently had her yearly checkup and all her associated lab work,
and it was about $270 total cost, not covered by insurance (she has high
deductible insurance and a work place plan to reimburse what's below the
deductible after we pay it out of pocket).


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