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>Today that would be $658.08 That's still more than most Americans could easily afford. And that's for stitches.
by foldr 7y ago
>Today that would be $658.08
That's still more than most Americans could easily afford. And that's for stitches.
- WalterBright 7y agoThat's also 20+ years after the big inflation in medical prices started. I did think it was high at the time, likely why I remembered the number.
- foldr 7y agoIf you go back as far as the 60s then you're not really comparing like for like. People don't want the level of medical care that the average American got in the 1960s.
- WalterBright 7y agoStitch technology hasn't changed.