Down here they now have an option that you can spend the latter part of recovery from surgery in a hotel near the hospital. The nurse comes by & checks on you 4X a day. It save plenty of money. The going rate for a hospital bed stats at over $1000 per day down here. I recently spent the pre op night in a hotel, had surgery, that night in a hospital bed , then 3 nights in the hotel near by. The insurance Co organised it that way. They probably paid $200/ day for the room & food, $240/ day for the nurse checks. Less than 1/2 the base cost of the bed in the hospital. There were others there doing the same thing.

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1967 230-6 auto parts car. rust bucket.
1980 300D now parts car 800k miles
1984 300D 500k miles
1987 250td 160k miles English import
2001 jeep turbo diesel 130k miles
1998 jeep tdi ~ followed me home. Needs a turbo.
1968 Ford F750 truck. 6-354 diesel conversion.
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