I spend a lot of time measuring the costs of the current health care system, mostly in counting the broken families that end up in bankruptcy. For families hit with medical bills they cannot pay, the current health care system magnifies their pain. But even those who have health insurance and can afford to pay are knocked around in a broken system. A friend — with insurance — had some minor surgery a while back. She bounced back quickly, but the pain of trying to pay is still not over:
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1250834