[sssilver]

So this is what I don't understand about the American healthcare system.

When an ER doctor in America charges me $2,700 for giving my toddler a simple IV that takes less than 10 minutes overall (not counting the 3 hour wait at the ER lobby), someone must be systematically getting very rich very quickly. Who is it? The doctor? The hospital owner(s)? The company that produces the IV fluids?

[DrScump]

Most of that $2700 goes to provide treatment for the others in the ER who never pay or are paid for only partially (due to artificially-low reimbursements from agencies like MediCare or the V.A.).