David

Just spent three days in Hospital for what turned out to be some semi
routine tests. Bill for 3 days was over $25K which adds up to over 3
mil a year. Thank God my Insurance picked up the tab and I forced my
way out to finish recovering at home.

Doubt if Capt Haynes has that amount of disposable money after helping
his daughter with her prior medical bills even if he flew left seat
for United.

This would be a excellent time for United to step in and help. The
publicity they would get would be worth more that what they put out.


Big John


On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 22:58:47 +0000 (UTC), David Lesher
wrote:

writes:

I think we are missing the real issue here. It's not whether Capt. Haynes
could or should be able to pay for his daughter's treatment. Rather, it is
that our broken health insurance system has once again failed to meet
reasonable expectations.

Indeed. I knew an AA line Capt. He had a seizure in flight. They
opened up his head and said "nothing to do.."

But it took him almost another 10 years to die. His wife went
broke trying to pay for his care.....