securing a broken arm bone is not saving a life. Plenty of ways to stop bleeding and the person would heal and have life without all that expense. Screws etc outrageously priced as well a surgeon medical team high fees is not ok, it cannot be met by average person making payments and insurance coverage is only passing the buck to others to pay.
Good for you you paid full amount, for others it would devastate their family’s budget for many years.
Granted it would be even better if people were not shot or injured by others or themselves in the first place. You and trampoline man chose bodily risk and got yourself hurt, others walk out their door and get hurt thru no or little fault of their own. Their debt for service is not of their choosing as yours was.
Some how personal responsibility should factor into who pays what and how much.
There has to be a lot of ripoff going on, back in the fifties broken bones were common, on the school yard and off. I was fortunate not to break any but many of my classmates had breaks and simply had their break set and a cast made at the doctor’s office. I never heard stories about insurmountable bills and we would not hear it now had the government kept its “experts” out of medicine.
You do not have a clue. In fact infection from gun shot wounds would be life threatening...so would loss of blood
The things you cite are from ignorance. Large portion of charges are do to hospitals covering Medicaid patients for whom they are paid a pittance