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8000, 38000, both insanely expensive. I haven't seen a single sane price in the whole article.
by gordaco 13y ago
8000, 38000, both insanely expensive. I haven't seen a single sane price in the whole article.
- Xylakant 13y ago8000 USD for a hospital treatment does not seem insanely expensive for me. Hospitals are by definition expensive - 24/7 on-site staff, highly trained experts (doctors), lots of expensive machines. A simple bed in a hospital is far more complicated and expensive than your standard home mattress. Hospitals need to overprovision on a constant basis since the can't just return a "503 Retry Later" in case of emergencies. There's certainly ways to save money on the lowest price, but the spread is far more interesting - given that you should get a solid treatment in each of the hospitals, why does one manage to offer you a fifth of the highest price?
- chii 13y ago> a fifth of the highest price? may be because those higher charges are more bureaucracy than actual value adding?
- LekkoscPiwa 13y agoor maybe because there are developers who are $30 and hour and there are developers who are $100 an hour ? Isn't that the same with the doctors? Isn't that the same with the equipment? Isn't that the same with the medication? Who cares if they can kill you on the cheap? The point is to save lives no matter what the cost.