Exactly!
My son was recently in a relatively minor accident, could have been a lot worse. Not his fault, a lady came out of a parking lot the wrong way into oncoming traffic. Anyway his airbag hit him in the face and later that evening he started having a bad headache and since he went through a long period with some bad headaches after a go-ped accident years ago, he decided to go to the ER. He was only there 3 or 4 hours and left with over a 10,000 bill.
It broke down as follows:
$3800 Emergency Room
$2900 MRI (Head)
$3300 MRI (Body)
$170 Pharmacy
#1) he only had one MRI
#2) he only got one percoset in the ER which they billed him $170 for, then sent him home with a prescription for 12 more that he had filled at Walgreens for $16...
To charge him $170 for one should be criminal!
Its just my opinion, but nothing they could do in 5 hours, that the treatment was a few pain pills could be worth remotely close to $10K which is more than my taxable income for each of the past 3 years.
These front air bags are dangerous. What the hell are the seat belts for? Also, at minimum, they cause severe ear damage. Sue the bastards. The politicians create this garbage, collect their checks and move along.
#2) he only got one percoset in the ER which they billed him $170 for, then sent him home with a prescription for 12 more that he had filled at Walgreens for $16...
To charge him $170 for one should be criminal!
Right! One pill should have one price. Period. Everyone should know it, and everyone could afford it. The MRIs are insane.