MedCity News March 12, 2025
I asked if I could purchase the brace myself and bring it to the surgery. The answer was an unequivocal no: the health insurer’s contracted rate required me to purchase the brace from the hospital as part of the procedure.
Recently, I had a routine surgery to repair a torn meniscus in my right knee. This was a relatively simple procedure that many Americans need each year, the kind of thing that you would hope would come with no surprises. Instead, what I received was a firsthand look at ways that healthcare in the United States is often designed to drive up costs in pursuit of profit.
The day before my surgery, I was told that I would have...
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