[meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake

From: Rose, David MD <DRose_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 01:24:55 +0000
Message-ID: <6384C2F495A6304F90509A909FA356F7393C3016_at_EXMAIL1.emersonhosp.org>

I would have to believe that the quoted cost is not for the antivenin treatment alone. The victim of such a snake bite would probably need to be admitted to an Intensive Care Unit with significant hemodynamic and possible respiratory support, not a cheap proposition.

David

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From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Darryl Pitt
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2010 7:49 PM
To: Adam Hupe
Cc: Adam
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Mojave Green Jeans - Images of a Killer Snake



Whoa.

Adam, I know you're only relating what you've been informed, but something needs to be said of the nurse's outrageous ignorance.

The notion that aliens don't have insurance and U.S. citizens all carry insurance has hardly been the case. A significant fraction of the citizenry of Nevada and Arizona (and not just) have not been carrying health insurance.

Moreover, citizens are not dying as a result of aliens using up antivenin stocks. The high cost of antivenin has to do with profit---not aliens. It has been extensively written about that antivenin does not generate sufficient profit for drug companies so the prices get hiked up to the Moon. And then no one buys it to keep on hand so there are shortages.


All best / Darryl



On Nov 16, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Adam Hupe wrote:

> I was told by a local nurse that the average cost to treat a Mojave Green snake
> bite is between $60,000.00 and $70,000.00. I asked why so expensive? She
> claimed that illegal aliens, working mostly out-of-doors with no insurance are
> mainly to blame. None have insurance and the anti-venom is difficult to keep on
> hand. She claimed that many U.S. citizens with insurance have died because they
> could not get access to it in time, partly because it was used on somebody else
> without insurance. This in part is why the treatment is so expensive. Only a
> few are able to afford it. You better make sure your health insurance covers
> such things.
>
> Be Careful and Happy Hunting,
>
> Adam
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