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if you think the whole "600k is what it would have cost" thing is crazy, then stay far away from our medical system! In medicine 600k is getting off easy

• aryehof 2y ago
  What is the billable rate? 1000 per hour?
  • yurishimo 2y ago
    Unironically yes. I remember going to the ER in a rural town in Texas when I was 18 and getting the bill for the doctor and it was $800/hr. The hospitals hire many ER doctors as “contractors” so they can crank the rates up. But the doctor works for a conglomerate that rents them out to the hospital for a fixed salary and the conglomerate profits the spread.
  • ToucanLoucan 2y ago
    I was in the ER with my wife for an asthma issue for about 90 minutes (no ambulance), and the bill after insurance was $1,750.