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Cake day: July 30th, 2023

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  • Honestly, it would depend on what kind of insurance you have in the US. Each employer has a different set of plans.

    No insurance? Absolutely screwed. With insurance?

    End of 2018 I had a heart attack and open heart surgery with really good insurance.

    Emergency Room - $150
    8 days in the hospital + open heart surgery from the head of the cardiac department - $100
    Drugs and all the oxygen I could carry - $100

    Roll forward to January 2019… my company has been bought by a giant company. Health insurance changes. I lose my existing hospital and all my doctors and have to start over in a new system.

    7 days in the hospital draining fluid from congestive heart failure - $6,500 - the annual out of pocket maximum for that insurance.

    Good news though, hitting the out of pocket maximum on Jan 15 meant all my other medical care the rest of the year was covered at 100%.


  • Well, you do have two competing media empires turning them out looking for $$$. Warner vs. Disney. And the odd outsider…

    So far this year we have:

    Disney:

    Captain America: Brave New World $200,500,001

    Thunderbolts* $189,945,847

    Fantastic Four – July 25, 2025

    Warner:

    Superman $155,045,310

    Sony:

    Kraven the Hunter $3,110,836