I know $60 Ibuprofen can seem like a lot, but is anyone arguing that you're literally paying for only the pill(s) with that $60? Aren't you paying for the instant availability, the insurance that it's not expired (do they even expire? I really don't know), and confidence that your healthcare provider has signed off that XXX mg of Ibuprofen is a.) OK to have with your current medications and conditions and b.) sufficient to do the job? Isn't some of that cost the healthcare provider's expertise and service? Would it be better if they prescribed morphine and charged you a magnitude more when ibuprofen would have done the job?
I charge clients similarly. I overbid projects that I don't really want to do. If you want me to setup Wordpress for you, I'll charge you out the nose. Granted, you get to accept my fees before I ever send you a bill. It's not a perfect analogy.
> This is all due to the key fee I’ve been investigating this year: the ER facility fee. This is the fee that ERs charge for walking in the door and seeking care, something akin to a cover charge at a bar.
This seems absolutely reasonable to me, I wish I could charge a 'fill my email with RFPs' type fees. Walking into a waiting room, signing in and waiting is not nothing. You and your symptoms get evaluated and triaged. That takes expertise and know-how. The prices vary wildly because different hospitals experience different levels of demand, I imagine.
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