yes. unlike just about every medical service you have the privilege to enjoy because you (like myself) pay into and receive benefit from a pooled-cost insurance system, SRS is one of the very few procedures that could be construed as "medically necessary" whose cost in the u.s. is PURELY determined by the market. which is why so many of us who need it go out of the country to obtain it, and feel more than just a twinge of jealousy of those in the UK (or, increasingly, canada) who can get it through their national health care systems.
"the best in the world" doesn't mean fuck-all to me if i can't pay for it, buddy boy.
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Date: 2004-10-14 11:39 am (UTC)yes. unlike just about every medical service you have the privilege to enjoy because you (like myself) pay into and receive benefit from a pooled-cost insurance system, SRS is one of the very few procedures that could be construed as "medically necessary" whose cost in the u.s. is PURELY determined by the market. which is why so many of us who need it go out of the country to obtain it, and feel more than just a twinge of jealousy of those in the UK (or, increasingly, canada) who can get it through their national health care systems.
"the best in the world" doesn't mean fuck-all to me if i can't pay for it, buddy boy.