They are referring to the price that hospitals charge for aspirin, which is massively inflated, not the off the shelf cost of aspirin

Where in their comment do you see them referring to hospital care?

The article, talking about a patient's hospital visit, mentions "the $31 low-dose aspirin, of which they'd given him four."

Ahh, good callout. Thanks!

I'm capable of understanding context.

i think in this case, if you're at all familiar with what US hospitals charge for the small stuff, it's a safe assumption that when someone says aspirin costs $30 a dose, they're not talking about buying it at a CVS. of many folks on hacker news dot com i trust you to bridge that gap instead of nitpicking!

That's an odd argument to make in this thread, because whatever the drivers of burdensome consumer health spending are, they're not overpriced hospital aspirin.

maybe so; it's a symptom, not a cause.