You weren't paying 30 dollars a dose for Motrin, you were paying the salary of the nurse who gave the pills, the pharmacist who dispensed them, and the storage of them in the hospital. Oh, and the huge profit that hospital corporation paid to their shareholders.
On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > When my son was hospitalized last year, I went over the itemized bill. > We got charged $30 for each dose of children's Motrin he got. That is > fucking insane and that is why healthcare in our country sucks. Its > not that Bob may not be able to afford $30 for each does of Children's > Motrin, its that the hospital thinks that $30 for Children;s Motrin is > fair market value. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:313634 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
