I just got the statement from my insurance company, $2,305! Why is everything in medicine so expensive?!
Because insurance will cover it.BigMike said:I just got the statement from my insurance company, $2,305! Why is everything in medicine so expensive?!
Is that a test they do to see if you have any chocolate wafers on your person?ThePriceSeliger said:, 1 Kat Scan,
Yeap, most of this people get paid for what they know and not for what the do.Toshi said:MRI machines cost a couple of million a pop. it also costs a huge amount (a million? more? since tuition is a tiny fraction of the cost of running a med school and teaching hospital) to educate a single radiologist. add it all up, and yes, MRIs are expensive. but when they're needed they're priceless, no?
with the oh so flaky wafersvalve bouncer said:Is that a test they do to see if you have any chocolate wafers on your person?
It's Corporate America...I wonder how much it would cost in Australia or Canada...BigMike said:I just got the statement from my insurance company, $2,305! Why is everything in medicine so expensive?!
Hahaha... That was beautiful. Well played.valve bouncer said:Is that a test they do to see if you have any chocolate wafers on your person?
Zman said:i think basically what they do is inflate the price for insurance, and then insurance says they will pay a lower price.....which happens to be what the company charges.....so they make the money and the insurance comany feels happy cause they didint pay the whole amount. i could be completely off base...but yeah
having worked in the this field before. I can tell you the high cost is mainly to Pay for the Huge amount of R&D that goes into developing the technolgy or drug.laura said:medicine is so expensive because drug reps spend thousands of dollars a month catering to hospitals and dr.s offices so their drugs are used.
laura said:medicine is so expensive because drug reps spend thousands of dollars a month catering to hospitals and dr.s offices so their drugs are used.
N8 said:Getting your info from Michale Moore?
while this marketing is a non-negligible cost for sure (speaking of which, where are MY free lunches? <-- UW pretty much bans the drug company reps), the majority of the cost is in the huge clinical trials needed to get FDA approval.laura said:medicine is so expensive because drug reps spend thousands of dollars a month catering to hospitals and dr.s offices so their drugs are used.
Well they said nagative, so I guess I chocolate wafer free, I don't know if its good or bad. I like wafers!valve bouncer said:Is that a test they do to see if you have any chocolate wafers on your person?