A Year After Spinal Surgery, A $94,000 Bill Feels Like A Backbreaker

A few stories I read today on NPR remind me of how broken the US healthcare system is. It was broken before the Affordable Care Act and it remains broken. Why? Because we have set up a for profit healthcare system. For the wealthy few, the US healthcare system can get them the very best healthcare money can buy. For the rest, we have one of the worst healthcare systems in the first world.

For the majority of Americans, substantial financial hardship, if not bankruptcy, is a trip to the hospital away.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/06/18/733369370/texas-is-latest-state-to-attack-surprise-medical-bills