Subject: Re: healthcare
I entertained the idea of getting the operation done and relaxing by the sea because it was cheaper

I ruptured a lumbar disc.

There was a neurosurgeon in Beverly Hills who also had a clinic in St. Petersburg where said he could do the same discectomy for half the cost of having it done at Cedar-Sinai.

Hmmmm. On the one hand, $25K could buy a lotta vodka and caviar while holed up with a young Russian nurse for a week in a 5 star hotel overlooking the Neva ..... on the other hand, something going wrong in St.Pete.