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Even Insured Often Face Crushing Medical Debt
- sssilver 11y agoSo this is what I don't understand about the American healthcare system. When an ER doctor in America charges me $2,700 for giving my toddler a simple IV that takes less than 10 minutes overall (not counting the 3 hour wait at the ER lobby), someone must be systematically getting very rich very quickly. Who is it? The doctor? The hospital owner(s)? The company that produces the IV fluids?
- DrScump 11y agoMost of that $2700 goes to provide treatment for the others in the ER who never pay or are paid for only partially (due to artificially-low reimbursements from agencies like MediCare or the V.A.).