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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
So what are you going to do about it? Fuck all ...
Videos like that are foolish --
Baxter 0.9% Sodium Chloride IV Solution Bags - ViafloŽ | Emergency Medical Products
$9.00 each iv bag wholesale plus shipping.
Then you have to stock them and RN's at $40/hr have to hook them up and change them. Maybe, a LPN in a hospital can do this. So maybe the actual cost incurred is $30? Ever seen an IV stand in a hospital here is one at sale at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...d_i=8297370011
This is gotten out of hand but we are not dealing with reality here and neither is the government. 
There are a lot of ways to reduce costs -- subsidizing publicly traded insurance companies is not one of them. We really have to cut the fat out of the system and concentrate more on preventative care -- it is not as profitable as trauma or chronic care -- but can prevent some of that in the first palace. Stop using the ER for a physicians office, establish walk-in public health clinics, etc ... If you look at countries that have comparable wage standards to the USA we are paying too much for too little. |
Pretty sure hospitals aren't buying off a retail site and buy in bulk. That might be wholesale to someone who would be charged boatloads more via a home health service or whatever. Actual wholesale is what they pay for it. Which is probably more than a hospital buying in massive bulk.
The ONLY thing that will work is nationalization and that won't happen.