Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000
by robocat on Saturday May 21, 2022 @08:00PM
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One measurement for medical intervention is caesarean births versus natural births by mother’s age, which hugely jumped in the states in the 2000’s: https://www.statista.com/statistics/206438/us-cesarean-deliv... (although rates are highly influenced by consumer demand?). Chance of caesarean jumped in percent from ≈⅔age to ≈age (e.g. ≈20% for 20 year old). High variation between states, although some of that might be state demographics of mothers: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/cesarean_births/ce...
And a comparison against caesarean rates in OECD, which can be higher rate of caesarean per birth: https://www.statista.com/statistics/283123/cesarean-sections...
So my point is, what use is excellent "care" if not only it's life endingly expensive, but it's also prescribed immorally to the point of actually causing harm!