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JohnnyD 11-21-2011 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by TheSpecialist (Post 901237)
That seems more like the number..

And you don't think that it may have some influence on why health care is so expense?

Also, that $400k/year for malpractice insurance is for only one doctor who has been in court a couple of times (as all medical professionals are) and never lost a case. Can you imagine how much the insurance is for a doctor that may have lost a case?

Backbeach Jake 11-21-2011 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman (Post 900366)
Viking funeral.......set me adrift and shoot flaming arrows at me until I sink in a ball of flames

Sounds great! Play "Burn, Baby, Burn" cranked to 11!

UserRemoved1 12-18-2011 07:01 AM

Here's a GREAT reason why your healthcare is so expensive.

"“Gray market” suppliers, usually small wholesalers or individuals who closely monitor and react to pharmaceutical trends, are scooping up medications as soon as a shortage becomes apparent then selling back the products to drug distributors, other wholesalers or hospitals at inflated prices that can sometimes top more than 1,000 percent of a drug’s original cost. A 2011 study by Premier Inc., which collects and analyzes clinical and financial data for the health care industry, found that propofol, used for critical care sedation, was selling on the “gray market” at 3,170 percent above its original cost. The cardiology drug Labetalol topped Premier’s “gray market” price list at 4,533 percent above cost. That’s nearly 4,000 percent above the 650 percent average the study says most “gray market” drugs sold for. "

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