If this visit had cost me less that us$500 I would be shocked. Most likely answer is us$500-$1000.

When my wife had back surgery a few years ago the MRI alone cost us$600, the surgery with all of its various charges was over us$3k. I hope none of you have any idea how horrible it is waiting for a loved one to have surgery AND having to discuss payment/credit options with the staff on top of it. You are not thinking clearly and the numbers mean nothing because you dont have any choice but to agree. Then you feel horrible® because you are thinking about money instead of only if they will be OK.

smooth sailing once it moved into my bladder. before that the pain was enough to make me vomit.

Would not wish it on anyone. maybe Henry Kissinger but even then only maybe.

The article is not clear. Is the $71k price listed the cost of the surgery itself or surgery + hospital stay?

If it is just surgery then it is a very unfair comparison since the ICU stay would have been needed in either case, and at least some of the days in the ward for recovery.

As a former American, you do not want the American Health Care System unless you are very wealthy. It is an expensive bureaucratic disaster. BC Health may be imperfect but at least I am not paying us$700/month for family insurance that might be accepted by the doctor/hospital that sees me in an emergency.

That can be fixed, using Biden as an example.

except end up in the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame!

Even without the added Russian jets and foreign establishing shots that speech was embarrassing. Really going all in on American style flag humping “patriotism”.

What exactly qualifies as long haul? Average EV range is almost 300km which is pretty damn far before you need a charge-up. I live in a small town and my PHEV only goes 40km on a charge and I still only have to charge every other day most of the time.

Did that jerkoff get trained in LA or New York? He for sure should never be trusted with a gun or any kind of authority.

and nothing of value was lost…

but he likes expensive watches!

The F18 is also an antique, it made its first flight in 1978.

On a personal note I hope they stick with something relatively quiet. I got to watch weeks of the Snowbirds practicing this spring and while they are noisy, all 10 of them in the air together are quieter than 1 F18.