A former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare sys...
Former US Surgeon General Jerome Adams said he got a $5,000 bill for a recent ER visit, highlighting big problems with the US healthcare system.
A retired RN I knew, who was of the highest moral character, said the same to me when she was treated for cancer at a prestigious local hospital. She was very distressed about how she was treated. The hospital staff did this despite her own medical background. Her words for one of the nurses there were particularly harsh. This was nearly 40 years ago.
I was hospitalized with what they called COVID pneumonia, even though I had no trouble breathing at all. The nurse would come in every morning and say, "You're going to die today!" And I would say, very aggressively, "NO I'M NOT!" I reported her to the charge nurse and she disappeared. And I didn't die!