In regards to the article, Patient’s Costs Skyrocket, my grandfather gave my mother the hospital receipt for when she was born. I can’t recall the exact number but it was like for $35 for being in the 50s. (which is probably like $350-400 today.) Even if that was seemingly a lot of money back then the costs are well beyond that now.
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Michael Ruben 4:12 pm on April 15, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
This may be a bit cynical, but as I thought about what the doctor said about medical decisions being in the “best interest of the patient” I wonder if he/she would say the same thing to someone in a scenario who has no insurance / little money but needs the surgery.
Sam Tran 3:14 pm on April 18, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply
You make a very good point. Quite often, if the surgery or any other medical procedure is needed, it doesn’t get taken care of because of someones inability to pay. Unless it’s an emergency surgery like an appendectomy, and that’s only because a patient will present in the ER where they don’t refuse to treat because of inability to pay. Take a chronic illness though, like diabetes, if you can’t pay for your insulin, you don’t get your insulin.