Friday, February 22, 2013

Medical bills are making me sick

Time Magazine's cover story about medical bills is making me sick.  The writer calls it a seller's market.  A gold rush.  And we, the consumers, are on the losing side.  With no end in sight. 

ObamaCare will help a little by widening the access to insurance so a trip to the hospital shouldn't wipe out a family's savings and worse. But it doesn't really address The Medical Bill.  $18 charges for a blood sugar test that really costs 55 cents.  $2 for a Tylenol, which would cost more like 2 cents.  These are but 2 examples in a hospital bill that can run more than 300 pages long!!!

How about $21,000 to be told you have heartburn?  That's what one man got billed after his trip to the emergency room.

Where is the shame? 


http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/20/bitter-pill-why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/

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