Healthcare thread

Buffalo Bob · 03-14-2020, 04:41 PM

What I think definitely needs to be done is a ceiling for charges. I can't remember when and where but I saw a study where they took people to various emergency rooms with different minor ailments. The common one was a sprained ankle, the charges varied from $300 to $13,000. That is freaking nuts! It is like someone spinning a game show wheel to come up with numbers. I can understand costs varying somewhat by overhead costs but over 40x as much?
I wonder how they do come up with pricing?

I have always like math and numbers strangely enough I remember by parents paying $27 for an emergency room visit I had at the age of 8 in 1969 to get stitched up, 17 of them as I remember. Put that in an inflation calculator, that is $190 in today's money. That was a small hospital out in the country in Northern California. What would that cost today?

03-14-2020, 04:41 PM	#26
Buffalo Bob The Starter Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Beaverdam Virginia Age: 65 Posts: 2,137	Re: Healthcare thread What I think definitely needs to be done is a ceiling for charges. I can't remember when and where but I saw a study where they took people to various emergency rooms with different minor ailments. The common one was a sprained ankle, the charges varied from $300 to $13,000. That is freaking nuts! It is like someone spinning a game show wheel to come up with numbers. I can understand costs varying somewhat by overhead costs but over 40x as much? I wonder how they do come up with pricing? I have always like math and numbers strangely enough I remember by parents paying $27 for an emergency room visit I had at the age of 8 in 1969 to get stitched up, 17 of them as I remember. Put that in an inflation calculator, that is $190 in today's money. That was a small hospital out in the country in Northern California. What would that cost today?

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