In other news, the water is wet. I've only been living for a couple of years on the US now but one thing that is among the hardest to get used to is the costs

In other news, the water is wet. I've only been living for a couple of years on the US now but one thing that is among the hardest to get used to is the costs of medical care. Often times going to the doctor once shields 3, 4 different invoices. I once made the rookie mistake of going to an E.R. for something I could have waited for, I think I had one of those head splitting head aches. They charged me something like $800 or so for ~10 minutes with the doctor. Another time, I had to pay something crazy like $300 for an X-Ray. Gotta pay for the cost of research of development for that cutting edge technology, X-Rays, huh? :-p I can only imagine what it would be like if I had a very severe condition like cancer. This is specially shocking for me coming from a country where health care is of high quality and publicly accessible (Argentina). Private care is also available and reasonably priced, the reasons to go that route is shorter wait times for appointments, nicer facilities, etc.