you mean a band-aid really does not cost 6 bucks?!??!
I went a couple years with out insurance. for non-emergency care I price shopped. Some where nuts (6 dollar band-aids) some where realistic. (50 cent band-aids)
it was my one trip to the ER where the doctor got it wrong and it damn near killed me and he STILL wanted 6000 dollars for his misdiagnosis.
There is no rational and pragmatic process to sue quack hospitals. Lawyers are clueless about suing hospitals. They want a huge retainer to take the case, and I’m not about to shell out thousands to a shyster so he can acquaint himself with medical fraud at my expense.
Those familiar with the lawsuit process against hospitals work in the qui tam division of large law firms, and they won’t take individual cases unless they can make at least a high six-figure payback. The only process available is a class action lawsuit, and you need a ton of litigants for that.
The fraud division at the state attorney general’s office is a clown car accident waiting to happen.
Some people have this misbegotten notion that hospitals are run by angels whose sole purpose for existing is to comfort the ill and injured. Even conservatives fall for this stupid image of the all-caring hospital. In fact, these quack factories are run by thieving liberals who will rip you off for every penny you own.
But I mostly talk to the wall on FR. Enough.