Sol and Abe, both elderly, meet one day in a shop.
“So, how’s by you, Abe?” asks Sol.
“It could be worse, Sol. I’m surviving. And what about you?” asked Abe.
Sol replied, “I’ve been ill quite a lot recently and it’s costing me a lot of money. I have no private medical insurance and in the last five months, I’ve spent over $6,000 on doctors’ fees and medicine.”
Abe replied, “Ach, in the old days, you could be ill for at least two years for that kind of money.”
From Oy Vey: More! The Ultimate Book Of Jewish Jokes Part 2, by David Minkoff