Quote Originally Posted by blackraven
the reason the hospitals charge $5 for a tylenol or $50 for a palstic catheter is because of the no pay patients and partial payments from insurance companies as well as 10-25cents on the dollar reimbursement from medicaid and poor reimbursement from medicare.
I figured as much, but isn't that the crux of the matter, most people don't want to have to overpay so that others don't have to pay at all?