Quote Originally Posted by Lemur View Post
To which I would add the biggest rotting apple in the barrel: Unrealistic pricing.

You don't see many $500 hammers like you did in the old days of government contracting, but now you see plenty of $800 bags of saline solution that cost $1 to manufacture and distribute.

Price gouging, like so many government functions, has been privatized.
Most of which is nothing but a game. The manufacturer pays 1, charges more makes profit. The hospital charges 800 to offset costs on other levels. Insurance pays 32. The whole thing is a damn shell game.