When hospitals can charge patients with no insurance coverage what they want, this is what you get.
The medical profession is after blood from a rock when it comes to people who have no insurance.
It's beyond disgusting what they will charge you for and how much they do.
All to make up for the losses they incur by being forced to provide FREE health care to illegals and public assistance leeches.
As usual, the citizens and taxpayers are screwed.
All that said, the guy should not be carrying drugs around if he wants to stay out of trouble.
“The medical profession is after blood from a rock when it comes to people who have no insurance.”
You’re not looking at it the right way. You’re right that the hospital doesn’t expect someone to pay $4600 for getting butt raped by their doctors when it really just cost about (say) $800.
But they EXPECT the bill to be uncollectable and then they get to write it off.
So it’s better to write off $4600 than $800.
Meaning it’s just a legal means of accomplishing tax fraud.