Woman charged $700 for ER visit and wasn't even seen by a doctor—why we need a single-payer system
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Nothing paints a more stark picture of our nation’s dysfunctional health care system than the stories of everyday Americans and the bills they receive following medical treatment. In a recent case in Atlanta, Georgia, a woman named Taylor Davis went tWoman charged $700 for ER visit and wasn't even seen by a doctor—why we need a single-payer system
Nothing paints a more stark picture of our nation’s dysfunctional health care system than the stories of everyday Americans and the bills they receive following medical treatment. In a recent case in Atlanta, Georgia, a woman named Taylor Davis went to her local ER for a head injury only to wait several hours to be seen by a doctor. She finally threw in the towel and left, but that didn’t stop Emory Decatur Hospital from sending her a bill for $700 anyway. «I sat there for seven hours. There's no way I should be sitting in an emergency room ... for seven hours,» Davis told FOX-5 Atlanta. Read more
