If We Had A Medical Section I'd Put This In It

[AFTT47]

Oh, I forgot to mention that the hospital in question is a nonprofit establishment.

https://www.bannerhealth.com/locations/s...cal-center#

So they don't have to worry about those pesky taxes, either.

My wife is an RN at that hospital, Min. She's a floating nurse, not assigned to any particular station but she most often works with psychiatric patients so I guess you probably didn't see her.

I'm a tech/physical science guy so economics is witchcraft to me. I don't really know what I'm talking about here so I'll throw that up up-front but I wonder who pays for the cutting-edge technology you have available at that hospital including available drugs. I'm not making any insinuations here because I really don't have a clue to the answer to my question. I don't know if the hospital chain (Banner Health is major and is one of the largest employers in the Phoenix area and has hospitals in California and Alaska as well) is a robber baron or they have genuine expenses related to development of the cutting-edge technology that keeps our old, happy asses alive longer than our predecessors.

Not saying you're wrong, Min but I question your cynicism. There's always two sides to a story and all that. We (Americans) do seem to pay more for our health care but we also seem to be more beneficiaries to the cutting edge of medical break-throughs. Somebody has to pay for that. R&D isn't cheap.