first of all let’s look into why a few ounces of chemicals injected into a child would cost anyone $50,000 dollars....that entire concept is asinine.....but because insurance companies have paid it over the years, it has become the norm......I would bet a whole lot of money that there isn’t more than $100 dollars worth of product involved and other than the salaries of the doctor and nurses and the hospital room, $50,000 is an outrageous amount of money to be charged for a somewhat routine proceedure...
“...$50,000 is an outrageous amount of money to be charged for a somewhat routine proceedure...”
I think you’ve failed to consider the costs for years of testing, trial and error, and huge amounts of money to get those chemicals in their chemotherapeutic form cleared thru FDA for use in humans. Also, there’s massive product liability insurance premiums for the manufacturer.
The article fails to state over what period of time the $50K cost is accrued, or how frequently the child requires chemo. Is it $50K/year? The child’s lifetime? We simply don’t know.
A lot went into finding the exact formula that works to keep this child and other cancer patients alive. And those patients and their families would likely tell you it’s worth every last penny.
Not really....12 yrs. ago a family member was paying $500. per treatment session for Cancer...once a week for three months and not near as serious as this case seems to be. The medication, one pill daily to keep them from vomiting, was $1,500 a month.
So I can believe in this case the costs would be that today.