Originally Posted by The Weak Link

Ain't no one happy with the system, that's fo' show.

I'm guessing my take-home on a colonoscopy is around $125. I'm not complaining but it's not going to pay off ny Maserotti. The facility cost is of course much higher. Americans want a pretty clean facility with well-paid unionized nurses who can read and speak English. They also want that wonderful sedation.

You could trim a lot of money off the whole thing by having it done without sedation in the doctor's office, and by paying him cash. That's the way the rest of the world does it. It's also why you have to force most of the rest of the world to get these studies at gunpoint.

You might reach a different conclusion but these are the facts.