Watch: Emergency Room Turns Simple Injury Into a Big Bill

Via khnerich

March 7, 2023

<span class="byline"><br /> Via <a href="https://californiahealthline.org/news/author/khnerich/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><strong>khnerich</strong></a> </span></p> <p>Leigh Fava wound up within the emergency room after injuring her thumb at her New Orleans house. She stated she won a tetanus shot and a badly wrapped bandage — and an hastily prime invoice. Her reports looking to dispute the sanatorium’s fees left her feeling left out, she stated.</p> <div class='code-block code-block-14' style='margin: 8px 0; clear: both;'> <script type="litespeed/javascript" data-src="https://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-9217241087391226" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-9217241087391226" data-ad-slot="8365324575" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins> <script type="litespeed/javascript">(adsbygoogle=window.adsbygoogle||[]).push({})</script></div> <p>On this installment of InvestigateTV and KHN’s “Expensive Care” sequence, Caresse Jackman, InvestigateTV’s nationwide client investigative reporter, illuminates the observe of up-charging for commonplace drugs and provides within the emergency room.</p> <p>Jackman’s tale options an interview with Dr. Elisabeth Rosenthal, KHN’s editor-in-chief, who cautions that emergency rooms have broad leeway to fee prime costs.</p> <p> Reproduction HTML