Saubones is a show about medical history, and nothing the hosts say should be taken as medical advice or opinion.

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We think you've earned it. Just sit back, relax, and enjoy a moment of distraction from that weird growth.

You're worth it.

Alright, Tommy is about to books. One, two, one, two, three, four.

We came across a pharmacy with a toy and that's lost it out. We were shot through the broken glass and had ourselves a look around.

Hello everybody and welcome to Saubones, a Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine. I'm your co-host Justin McElroy.

And I'm Sydney McElroy. I'm on an upswing for my infirmament. Is that the word for being sick?

Sure, yeah. Really? No. Maybe. I've never used that word. I mean, I guess.

Are you Sydney, my lovely co-hosts here? I'm not. I mean, well, I'm getting better. I am also getting better. But as you can tell, I sound like you did last week.

Yeah, Charlie keeps complaining because she says I have a man voice and not a mommy voice.

So said we this week we wanted to talk about something that is on a lot of people's radar currently.

That's right, Justin. I want to talk about health insurance. Nobody ever wants to talk about health insurance. I don't think I mean, we are forced to offer.

You don't literally want to talk about health insurance.

I love to talk about health insurance. I want to. Let me clarify. I do. Most people I think feel like they have to because of, you know, circumstances, because of the current situation.

But I don't think anybody thinks, you know what? I really just want to go out with my friends Friday night, hit the town, get a few drinks and just talk about health insurance.

Nobody likes insurance because it's an acknowledgement of the fact that calamity could occur.

Exactly. And nobody likes to dwell on that. No, we want to live in the now. But we need to talk about health insurance. It's important because things are changing as they have repeatedly over history.

So let's get into that. All right. Let's do it. Several people recommended this topic. Beth, Shabon, Josh and Julie. So thank you. I think this is especially relevant. Hopefully this will also be a little bit helpful.

Now it probably wouldn't surprise you to learn that doctors have been getting paid for their services for a really long time.

Like many tradespeople. Exactly. Well, you say tradespeople. That's actually one of the things we'll get into is whether or not.

Medicine is a trade. Okay. But let's start back in the code of homorabi. There are references to various costs associated with different medical procedures. So we see kind of like a priceless even back then. And it's funny because there's this one specific section that's all about the different costs for a physician treating you with a metal knife.

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