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This article is one of those great Articulations. Simple language yet damning arguments, calm, and I absolutely love the translation the journalist provides when discussing the itemized hospital bills -- also, you say
>crashing down Are we talking end of Fight Club, the credit card buildings crash, cue Where is my Mind?Dozens of midpriced items were embedded with similarly aggressive markups, like $283.00 for a “CHEST, PA AND LAT 71020.” That’s a simple chest X-ray, for which MD Anderson is routinely paid $20.44 when it treats a patient on Medicare, the government health care program for the elderly.