This $55,000 Bill Is The Perfect Example Of Our Broken Hospital System

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25. well that bill makes me feel much better

same appendectomy, cost $68K here in sunny west coast of Florida. Plus I got the additional pleasure of being billed two months later by a doctor that looked at me for maybe 5 minutes prior to being released. His pound of flesh was $1800.00.

New story about my left knee meniscus tear, Two months after surgery I get a bill for $1280.00 from the anesthesiologist that was out of network and wasn't paid by insurance. I called to complain and got the riot act read to me for not being aware that anesthesiologists don't just hang around hospitals waiting to be called by certain insurance companies for each operation. BTW, semi total on that bill was $11K for about 45 minutes work.

Called United Healthcare to inquire as to when my yearly defucktable would be met and the guy on the other end said, "well you've met your personal defucktable, but you still have to meet your family defucktable" then he laughed and hung up.

Last story. My first son was born in 1970 in Reading PA, no complications, 2 day stay in hospital. Total out the door cost: $1200.00.

Prick Scott defrauds Medicare for billions and gets elected governor of Florida. I wonder what his deductibles are.