Clavicle Lengthening to correct deformity (older threads not very helpful)

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Sorry, a little all over the place.  It's just that it's a sick to charge people large sums of money in exchange for their health (killing their pocketbook instead of their body).  It's not like the people who need health care the most have large sums of money to afford this stuff and people getting surgery for cosmetic reasons drive the price up.

That last paragraph was in response to another post, sorry about that.

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Depends where you live I guarantee that my LL surgery in India isn't driving up open heart surgery prices from my home country. In a country with private health care like the states maybe I don't really know how they work. But I agree that essential life saving surgeries are often too expensive just because they can be

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You shouldn't guarantee that.  Whether it's privatized or public health care, economic forces are at work in both.  May not be worth debating though.

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I've contacted both and we'll see what they say.  They primarily deal with congenital defects in children.

Actually, if you are in Europe, they have the only published info that I've seen on this very procedure performed at the Royal Health Institute whom I've contacted as well.  So, we'll see.