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Surgeon's fee was $37,000.

Bugger me. How many hours do you get for that?

The surgery was 6 hours. In addition, I spoke to the fellow for about .25
hours as a pre-surgery consult. That's it.

Does that include anything for the theatre, anaesthesist, nurses, etc or are
they extra?

cheers,
clive

Paul Cassel said:

Clive George said:

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Surgeon's fee was $37,000.

Bugger me. How many hours do you get for that?

The surgery was 6 hours. In addition, I spoke to the fellow for about
.25 hours as a pre-surgery consult. That's it.

So basically a single working day, and not a doctor-style-length one
either.

Damn.

Jasper

Bob's yer uncle - used to hear it a lot around London as a kid (60's).
Someone at work came out with 'Robert's is your mother's brother old boy'
recently.........
Don't suppose that helps in any way.

Neil

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Qui si parla Campagnolo wrote:

>> What's bob's yer uncle mean?
> British term, meaning, 'problem's solved, go ahead and ride', in this
> case.

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Thanks for the info on bob. I can't attach a link from the expression to
any sensible etymology, but heck, that's the Brits for you. Gotta love
them.

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Dear Paul,

Most likely a tribute to the power of nepotism:

"The most plausible theory for the origin of "Bob's your uncle" refers
to a case of nepotism wherein Lord Salisbury (Robert, or "Bob"😉
appointed his nephew to the post of Chief Secretary for Ireland
(1887)."

http://www.yaelf.com/questions.shtml

Eric Partridge lists it in his 'Dictionary of Slang', 1937. He gives
it the meaning 'all will be well', which is not quite how it is used
now. Partridge states it as dating from circa 1890, although he
presents no evidence for that. Also he suggests that it may be derived
from the phrase 'all is bob', which meant 'all is well'.

Another interpretation is that it derives from the supposed nepotism
of Lord Salisbury. Piers Brendon, in Eminent Edwardians, 1979, writes:

"... in 1887, Balfour was unexpectedly promoted to the vital front
line post of Chief Secretary for Ireland by his uncle Robert, Lord
Salisbury."

Various authors have surmised that having an uncle Bob who was Prime
Minister became synonymous with having a passport to an easy life.
http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/70100.html

Wiki suggests other possibilities:

en.wikipedia.orgBob's your uncleOpen ↗

But the Wiki criticism that the phrase didn't appear in print until
1937 applies even more forcefully to the other theories, since they're
even older and far less likely than the Balfour scenario.

So here's a nice poster for nepotism:

http://www.despair.com/nepotism.html

Well, thanks, Carl. That's more information than I ever expected to garner
from a simple baffling expression.

-paul

Clive George said:

Does that include anything for the theatre, anaesthesist, nurses, etc or
are they extra?

No. It was just the surgeon's fee. Yesterday the hospital called to say
that it may have made a billing error. I expect a lower bill.

-paul

Jasper Janssen said:

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The surgery was 6 hours. In addition, I spoke to the fellow for about
.25 hours as a pre-surgery consult. That's it.

So basically a single working day, and not a doctor-style-length one
either.

Hospital now says billing error, but doesn't say which way. No matter
what, I'm going to be out of pocket $6.5k minimum.

-paul

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Paul Cassel said:

Clive George said:

Does that include anything for the theatre, anaesthesist, nurses, etc or
are they extra?

No. It was just the surgeon's fee. Yesterday the hospital called to say
that it may have made a billing error. I expect a lower bill.

Keep fighting. Think of the return on the time you use
to question their billing practices. You are at the bad
end of what is called the sliding scale.

Doctor to patient: I prescribe a complete moneyectomy.

--
Michael Press

Paul Cassel said:

Jasper Janssen said:

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>
The surgery was 6 hours. In addition, I spoke to the fellow for about
.25 hours as a pre-surgery consult. That's it.

So basically a single working day, and not a doctor-style-length one
either.

Hospital now says billing error, but doesn't say which way. No matter
what, I'm going to be out of pocket $6.5k minimum.

Don't know what your plan is, but every medical plan I've ever had
"featured" a maximum out-of-pocket limit for one year (and they were
all lower than $6500!).

Pat

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Patrick Lamb said:

Paul Cassel said:

Jasper Janssen said:

>>
> The surgery was 6 hours. In addition, I spoke to the fellow for about
> .25 hours as a pre-surgery consult. That's it.

So basically a single working day, and not a doctor-style-length one
either.

Hospital now says billing error, but doesn't say which way. No matter
what, I'm going to be out of pocket $6.5k minimum.

Don't know what your plan is, but every medical plan I've ever had
"featured" a maximum out-of-pocket limit for one year (and they were
all lower than $6500!).

Pat

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Dear Pat,

Set your sights even higher and google for "$10,000 deductible" and
"medical":

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&as_qdr=all&q=%22%2410%2C000+deductible%22+medical

Cheers,

Carl Fogel