Not just health insurance, but healthcare is crazy too. Spent a total of 36 hours on the phone with the hospital to figure out how much something would cost be

Not just health insurance, but healthcare is crazy too. Spent a total of 36 hours on the phone with the hospital to figure out how much something would cost because I knew I had to pay out of pocket. And they weren't even right when they finally gave me a number. Had a doctor remove a cotton ball from my ear in the hallway. Charged me 2.4k for that. Didn't have insurance either. My wife's friend delivered her own baby in the hallway and they still sent her a bill for delivery. My wife had her gall bladder removed, supposedly the most common surgery. Surgeon charged 25k, hospital charged 65k, anesthesiologist charged 3k, and a doctor that talked to her for 25 seconds charged 1.5k. Insurance and the hospital argued over the bill for almost a year, during which time the hospital kept sending me payment due notices. No one in this industry has my sympathy.