3 ms·
For the emergency room bills most of it is paying for other people who didn't pay. It's kind of socialized medicine.
by nn3 6y ago
For the emergency room bills most of it is paying for other people who didn't pay. It's kind of socialized medicine.
- jjav 6y agoThat would suggest only something on the order of one in every 50 emergency room visits actually pay. I don't have the numbers to confirm or refute that, but that ratio seems highly unlikely. Or take a general family medicine doctor visit. 242K average salary = ~$116/hr. On a typical appointment I'll see him 15 minutes or $29 of doctor-time. Yet the bill is $450.