If people show up at emergency rooms, then the hospital has to take them. Or risk a law suit, for wrongful death, etc. And if the hospital needs to write off the treatment costs, they have to raise their rates somewhere. Guess who ends up paying for it? We do.
And why is the cost of US hospital costs so high, when our countries have reasonable costs? Letâs look at the cost of MRI, from a 2010 article at huffingtonpost.com/d-brad-wright/the-price-of-diagnostic-i_b_361934.html:
Notice that the US cost is what we call, a statistical outlier.
Recently, I had a brain MRI done - at an independent facility, mind you. It only cost me $175, with a Medicare advantage plan. But the facility submitted a bill for $3000 and itâs an in-network facility. What would a hospital have charged?
Well, neither the neurologist, radiologist, ophthalmologist or the optometrist, could explain the pressure I feel - near my left eye. To be fair, neither can an oriental pulse diagnosis. So modern medicine has no explanation. And itâs left for me, to find a cure - by other means: Healing (Native, Homeopathy, Ayurveda / TCM, Spiritual).
Itâs time to find a new anesthesiologist