Why Medical Bills are Killing Us
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/jesuscreed/2013/02/26/why-medical-bills-are-killing-us/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+PatheosJesusCreed+%28Blog+-+Jesus+Creed%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher Feb 26, 2013 @ 10:15 By scotmcknight 3 Comments From Time, by Steven Brill , and this set of clips from Josh Wooden … and we need to have a good conversation about the issues raised in this article: Why are costs so high? We all have some crazy stories about some medical item or procedure. When I had shoulder surgery, about a decade ago, I asked the kind woman at the counter when I was paying the bill why the extreme prices — to which she said matter of factly in a kind of “Here’s why, honey!” set of statements: “This is how much your doctor got; this is how much we got; and this is how much is left over to pay for those who don’t have insurance and can’t afford the same procedure. Next question?” “When you look behind the bills th...