Just found an old medical bill posted online from 1950, what a shocker 🙀

[ttown]

Sure there’s no inflation….

 

[RickN]

I just got back from having a chest Xray because they think I have Pmoanya again. My copay was $35. I hate to see what they charged the insurance company.

 

[ttown]

Dang, hate to hear it… get well

 

[Aries]

A lot of that is because no one had insurance in the 50's

As Rush Limbaugh used to say...
"If it weren't for insurance, you couldn't afford health care.
But if it weren't for insurance, you COULD afford health care."

 

[RickN]

Dang, hate to hear it… get well

I will be alright. I get it about once a year anymore.

 

[Snattlerake]

In 1950 the minimum wage was $00.40 per hour.

Gallon of milk, $00.83

1950's car $2,000.

1950's house $7,000

 

[ttown]

And we were on the gold standard not printing trillions of unbacked currencies a year. There’s your trouble. My parent’s could live on my dads modest salary, get a new car every 3 years, and take us on vacations. Not bad for a family of 5.

 

[ttown]

Here’s a chart from the start of my working life.

 

[SlugSlinger]

You can thank Obamacare for the crazy surge in medical care. I know several physicians that have quit because of it. So, like everything the .gov touches, like the economy, you get reduced supply and increased demand. We’re doomed until the socialist are removed from office.

 

[turkeyrun]

1st son born 1976. No insurance. Total bill, Dr and Hospital was $585.
2nd son, 1978, good, company insurance, same Dr, same hospital,
$ 2700
Daughter, 1980, Houston area hospital, good, company insurance, $ 4100.
Thanks to Mr Peanut inflation.