The $5,751 ice pack

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Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2018

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Imagine a world where a Band-Aid costs $629. Bad news: you live in that world. Vox’s Sarah Kliff explains how American hospitals tack on “facility fees” to cover their expansive costs. Then, a Kentucky doctor gives us his perspective on those costs from inside the ER. To find out more about Sarah Kliff’s reporting on ER bills (or how to submit your own bill), head to erbills.vox.com. You can check out her podcast The Impact here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello.
0:03.5	Is this the mysterious break master cylinder?
0:07.5	It might be.
0:08.5	Wow.
0:09.5	What an honor.
0:10.5	This is Sean Robinson from today's playing.
0:10.5	You composed our theme music.
0:12.6	I did.
0:14.4	Oh, what an honor.
0:15.4	The Sean Robinson.
0:16.6	The honors all ours.
0:18.9	Wow.
0:21.2	Hey, quick question for you, break master.
0:22.2	Sure.
0:24.4	I hear you might have mattress problems.
0:25.4	I do.
0:27.8	How, however, did you know that?
0:28.8	We G chat.
0:31.4	Oh, yeah, right.
0:32.4	Sarah Cliff, senior policy correspondent at Vox.
0:42.4	Welcome back to the show.
0:45.0	Thanks for having me back.
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