Yeah... They total somewhere in the 1.25 to 1.5 region. Flying in a surgeon and having a private ward was pretty expensive. It was $70,000 just to ride in the helicopter. The private ward for two weeks was REALLY expensive. It was just a 4 bed ward used for patients that need discretion, but you're paying for the whole ward. Technically, for about a day there was someone else on my ward but they were quiet and I never actually saw them.
Then, I had dozens of guests - and fed 'em all lobster. I had at least one guest 24/7...
But, yeah... The private ward was absurdly expensive. It was something like 10k/day per room. So, 40k per day. That was like 480k by itself.
Healthcare is way too fucking expensive. Granted, I had a very special stay, it's still absurd. The surgeon we flew in cost six figures. The surgery itself wasn't all that expensive...
I didn't have your atypical example of a hospital stay, but it's still stupidly expensive. It shouldn't cost 70 grand to ride in a fucking helicopter.
At least I think it was 70k... It might have been half that - 35k... Now that I think about it, I think it was half that - 35k or so... I'm probably conflating it with the rescue and ambulance to the first hospital.
Plus, I donated 25k to the local volunteer fire department (which includes rescue) but that's my own expense.
Either way, I want them to cover all that, plus give me my 2.5 - which I lowered from the 3 mil I initially wanted.
If they cover all of that plus the 2.5 it will be more than the 3 Mil. Either way, they can certainly afford it
I may just start court proceedings - not taking their offer - and see what they offer as the hearing dates get closer and closer. I imagine they'll offer quite a bit more right about the time we finish picking a jury. (Civil trial, not criminal - of course.)
As you mentioned, I don't have any pressing reason to settle. I don't actually need their money. But, they're getting closer. They're starting to speak my language.
Oddly, this means I make more out of the deal than someone poorer than I would. Simply by having a modicum of wealth means I end up getting paid more. It's somehow magically worth more when I can't go skiing than it is if you couldn't go skiing.
That's not really fair, but, if a normal person working a normal paying job misses out on several months of pay they will be desperate for money
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