Same knee surgery, twice the price: Hospital monopolies push up healthcare costs
This article first appeared on KFF Health News. More than a million times a year, a U.S. surgeon slices open a knee, strips out worn cartilage, caps the leg bones with metal, and drops in a plastic spacer to allow the new joint to glide. While knee replacement procedures have become standard, however, the prices […]
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