Average charge for COVID-19 hospitalization, by state

[George K]

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/finance/average-charge-for-covid-19-hospitalization-by-state.html

[Jolly]

Looks like some folks was jackin' prices.

[xenon]

Wow, some of these people got the full yearly wage of a doctor and then some.

[bachophile]

FIFY

51st State

Israel
Complex $0.00
Noncomplex $0.00

Now obviously the hospitalizations cost money. And the HMOs were billled as usual. But the patient (or family or heirs) are not in the loop. Nothing out of pocket. No change in health insurance costs.

The wonders of national health insurance.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.

[Axtremus]

@bachophile said in Average charge for COVID-19 hospitalization, by state:

FIFY

51st State

Israel
Complex $0.00
Noncomplex $0.00

Now obviously the hospitalizations cost money. And the HMOs were billled as usual. But the patient (or family or heirs) are not in the loop. Nothing out of pocket. No change in health insurance costs.

The wonders of national health insurance.

Single-Payer Universal Healthcare FTW!

[Horace]

Nobody's getting rich in the American health care system. It's a magical money evaporator. Maybe P*D can write a book about how it's all totally normal market forces, nothing to see here.