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Healthy or Wealthy?: The Commodification of Healthcare

Intelligence Squared

How Much Does an Emergency Room Visit Cost for an Uninsured Person?

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Do you have any idea of how much one visit to the emergency room would cost for someone who's uninsured? It's a very complex question because in essence, it can be arbitrary and it's changing right now. One of the answers that comes from my gut right now is whatever that emergency room wants to charge you. Depending on your insurance level, depending on all these different factors, the incentives in the American healthcare system are for the corporations to just charge you.

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