Why is health spending in the US high?
This terrific episode of Freakonomics is focused on End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). The issue is a window into why we spend a lot on health care in the US and the dysfunction in the system.
Glad Freakonomics took it on
A thread (rant).
This is Monica Smith, a 45-year-old Indiana woman who was in a serious car wreck in 2016.
She had health insurance. The hospital refused to bill it, instead pursuing her for $12,856.
How'd that happen?
Her story is the wildest medical bill saga I've seen in months. (1/13)