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They are referring to the price that hospitals charge for aspirin, which is massively inflated, not the off the shelf cost of aspirin
by sumeno 1y ago
They are referring to the price that hospitals charge for aspirin, which is massively inflated, not the off the shelf cost of aspirin
- tptacek 1y agoWhere in their comment do you see them referring to hospital care?
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agoi think in this case, if you're at all familiar with what US hospitals charge for the small stuff, it's a safe assumption that when someone says aspirin costs $30 a dose, they're not talking about buying it at a CVS. of many folks on hacker news dot com i trust you to bridge that gap instead of nitpicking!
- tptacek 1y agoThat's an odd argument to make in this thread, because whatever the drivers of burdensome consumer health spending are, they're not overpriced hospital aspirin.
- GuinansEyebrows 1y agomaybe so; it's a symptom, not a cause.
- sumeno 1y agoI'm capable of understanding context.
- DennisP 1y agoThe article, talking about a patient's hospital visit, mentions "the $31 low-dose aspirin, of which they'd given him four."
- tptacek 1y agoAhh, good callout. Thanks!