My son spent 5 days in the hospital a few months back. Between the hospital stay itself, the tests (such as blood work, CT Scan , etc) and the bill from his pediatrician, guess which was the lowest? The bill from the doctor. The hospital bill, (stay and tests) far outweighed anything from a particular doctor. Now tell me, how can a doctor dictate what a hospital charges for use of its bed and staff? He/she cannot, so I think you need to rethink your hypothesis on where the blame lies. I'd be willing to bet that most times the highest bill will come from the facility where a procedure/test was performed and not from the physician who ordered/performed the test/procedure or read/interpreted the results.
On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dana wrote: > > > > ok, Gruss, sure. But you know -- that isn't always possible. > > > > I'm guessing you mean the choice, but that's a different point. > > My point is this: > > why is it that with $2000 I can lease a spot on a $100M piece of equip > that requires pilots, mechanics, staff, etc and is highly regulated. > And I can use it for 8-20 hours AND get meals and entertainment. > > Yet if I go into a hospital I can barely get through the door for $2000. > > The point is that costs seem ridiculous in healthcare - they seem WAY > out of line with any other industry. > > Yet what we hear from people is that the "low hanging fruit" is on the > people that pay the bills NOT on the costs. > > I disagree, and it's easy to see why when you compare with the airlines. > > Think of it: if the airlines ran a, say, MRI think of how cheap it would > be!! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:298486 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
