Hip Replacement, Smoking, and Alcohol Medical Facts

1.       SHAKE YOUR HIPS – Hip replacement surgery in the USA costs $50,000.  The same surgery costs $8,000 in India, $12,500 in Costa Rica and $13,125 in Mexico (source: Global Heathcare Association).

2.       BLAME GAME – 30% of all health care spending in the USA is the result of smoking and excessive drinking (source: Joseph Califano, former Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Carter Administration).

Source:  Jason Horwitz