Healthcare Costs A Lot In America: Why Your Stitches Cost $1,500

Found this great info-graphic today here. Click the image below to see the full size version.

 

Via: Medical Billing And Coding

 

Key Points:

  1. Providers charge more because they can.
  2. They can charge more
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Daily Digest as of 12:39am for 2010.09.25

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With regards to the last #tweet about #medical #patients and #marijuana; should #prop19 pass; the #WCAB #SCIF will reimburse my costs. #Fact [px]
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Daily Digest as of 8:00am for 2010.02.21

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RT @davewiner: President Obama: "The status quo, while good for the insurance industry, is bad for the American people". http://r2.ly/7wm4 [px]
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Daily Digest as of 8:00am for 2010.02.19

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slept like shit; #headache; #sleep [px]
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Allegedly By Arduino Freda

The last voicemail from SCIF received on 2009.07.14.

Workers Compensation Appeals Board (WCAB) podcast from 2009.09.14.

An email thread I received today from State Compensation Insurance Fund attorney and lawyer Arduino Ferdinando Freda.

Good Morning

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Daily Digest as of 7:37pm for 2009.12.05

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the #pain is a foot. next please. [px]
Watched 4 videos.
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my phone system is really pissing me off right now. [px]
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Daily Digest as of 4:59pm for 2009.11.10

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RT @slashdot:"Road Trains" Ready To Roll http://bit.ly/5jY17 #traffic #congestion #trains #cars #driving #safety [px]
#Google bought Gizmo5.com ala sipphone.com which provided Free Internet Caling to Google Voice and

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Have You Been Hurt on the Job?

My Letter to the Editors of some newspapers after yesterday’s historical vote for Health Care in the United States of America. “Orange County Register, Daily Pilot, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Rafu Shimpo, Hollywood Reporter, USA … Read the rest

Worker’s Compensation has no Public Health Care Option(s).

Sent this to several Opinion Editorials submissions for newspapers.

Our system works better for insurance companies that it does for the American people. I have no option. Living in Huntington Beach, I was hurt on … Read the rest