Whilst in the US I snapped the tendon on my little finger. When you do this the little finger just hangs there and you can´t do anything with it. US hospital d

Whilst in the US I snapped the tendon on my little finger. When you do this the little finger just hangs there and you can´t do anything with it. US hospital did a terrible job of splinting it, told me to come back following day to see a surgeon. (Cost $1000+, high copay since I didn´t yet have my work insurance which didn´t kick in for another month etc.) Went back home and googled it. NHS treatment, splint for 6 weeks do not disturb splint under any circumstances, followed by simple physiotherapy. I re-splinted using a plastic spoon handle (which is perfect for this btw.) and today the finger is completely recovered. A year after all this, I ran into a guy at a rental place in the US who had a little finger sticking out at right angles, and which was functionally immobile. He´d had the operation - several years previously, you could see the stiches. Finger had never recovered properly. But you can see where the profit incentive would lie for the American hospital.