In an office near the studios of the game show “Win Your Medical Procedures” the network accountant enters the office of host Wink Atyolawyer.

“Wink, we’ve had some changes to our budget that is going to affect our prizes.”

“How so?”

“We can’t give away organ transplants anymore.”

“That’s Ok, we weren’t giving too many of those away anyway.”

“There is another change.?”

“Ok and that is?”

“We have to cut down on the number of MRI’s we give away.
We need to remove them from 60% of our prize packages.
The cost for those are edging into the stratosphere.”

“Thats not good, contestants were counting on those.”

“Well we are working on a replacement option involving cheap plane tickets.”

“To the Mayo Clinic?”

“Oh no, we couldn’t afford that but the destination doesn’t matter. What matters is that they go through the latest security scanners at the airport. We’re working with TSA to capture the data and send it to a doctor we’ll contract for review.”

“But medical costs are always increasing. How do we sustain the show?”

“Well with these changes we can make it to the end of the year but for next year we are going to have to pickup a few more sponsors.”

“How many is a few? “

“Twenty Five.”

“How many do we have now?”

Looking at his watch the account said “At this moment, 50.”

“Geez, we have to increase by 50%. Can we find that many?”

“That’s a good question. We already have all of the major health insurance carriers on board.”

“I hate to be captain obvious here but shouldn’t the insurance carriers not spend that money and pass on the savings to the insured?”

“You mean lower their bills?”

“Yes.”

“LOL, Good one sir.”