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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/h...story.html

Prywatna służba zdrowia w praktyce

Fifty hospitals in the United States are charging uninsured consumers more than 10 times the actual cost of patient care, according to research published Monday.

All but one of the facilities are owned by for-profit entities and the largest number of hospitals — 20 — are in Florida. For the most part, researchers said, the hospitals with the highest markups are not in pricey neighborhoods or big cities, where the market might explain the higher prices.

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Back in November I was nearly killed by a drunk driver while riding my motorcycle. I was in the hospital for a month and I had 3 surgeries to save my leg in that time, with one more so far sense I was discharged. I live in California and have fairly good insurance. Regardless , I get a letter after I was home from my insurer saying I had exceeded my limit by $200,000 and that they where entitled to any money I received from the responsible party. Plus there are several medicines and doctors that apparently were not in my "network" therefor are not covered. I'm just finding out about this now. My layers are cutting a deal with my insurer but they're still getting a 3rd. (The person who hit me was minimally insured and quite poor). Having to deal with this is totally overwhelming and it makes me so mad I don't like to think about it. The system is so broken and I really feel sorry for anyone who has to go through it.