# A woman I know spent two hours in hospital today for a non-serious issue. The bill: $12000

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**Created:** [June 3, 2010, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-i-know-spent-two-hours-in-hospital-today-for-a-non-serious-issue-the-bill-12000/541836 "2010-06-03T21:10:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shmendrik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Shmendrik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shmendrik)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-woman-i-know-spent-two-hours-in-hospital-today-for-a-non-serious-issue-the-bill-12000/541836/28 "2010-06-04T23:18:03Z")

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> [@AClockworkMelon](#):
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> I’ve said that if I ever get a horrible disease I’m moving to Canada. I might move there regardless. Just in case.

You might want to emigrate before you get horribly sick, because they wont take you otherwise.

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