gdn: How the wealth gap arrived couldn't be illustrated any better.
"The bill for the CT scan and the two little pills was $5,000—that I must pay out of pocket. This means I am out about $10,000 so far this year in health care costs (including insurance premiums). This represents a direct transfer of wealth from the middle class to the stockholders of the private emergency room that took care of me."
Source: There must be a better way to provide health care
By Egberto Willies
Sunday May 22, 2016 · 5:01 PM MDT Daily Kos website (For article, copy that following Source: and search)
"The bill for the CT scan and the two little pills was $5,000—that I must pay out of pocket. This means I am out about $10,000 so far this year in health care costs (including insurance premiums). This represents a direct transfer of wealth from the middle class to the stockholders of the private emergency room that took care of me."
Source: There must be a better way to provide health care
By Egberto Willies
Sunday May 22, 2016 · 5:01 PM MDT Daily Kos website (For article, copy that following Source: and search)