"One Acetaminophen tablet (Tylenol) costs 1.5 cents. Your hospital marks it up 10,000%."
My reaction: The -blam!-?
Why the -blam!- does hospital care cost so much? Specifically why is there such a -blam!-ing ludicrous mark up over what an item costs to make and what people are charged?
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Edited by Mad Max: 3/4/2013 7:00:43 PMBecause they can, really. Precisely why healthcare and medicine should not be a for-profit industry.