Some funny commentsas far as american healhcare,I used to review detailed Hospital costs as I was in charge of ordering equipment and disposables for my speciality (cardiac Surg).
Now when you go thru a patients list of charges Usually about 30 pages worth,you will see such things as 1 asperin $ 50.00.
One Scalpel blade $55.00 (they cost 75 cents)
Everything today comes in prepacked sterile boxes,at the end of a proceedure 75% of what was in the box (never used) is thrown in the trash.
we used to donate that stuff to 3rd world countrys,cannot do that anymore,it all go's in the landfill