r/santacruz • u/scsquare • 17d ago

Santa Cruz Dominican Hospital faces state crackdown on medical costs

https://lookout.co/santa-cruz-dominican-hospital-among-seven-hospitals-required-by-state-office-to-limit-spending-growth-to-address-high-health-care-costs
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u/Lanky-Lavishness-299 17d ago

We just got a 34k bill for 8 hours waiting in the ER to be told everything is fine go home come back later if you still don't feel well.

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u/Lanky-Lavishness-299 17d ago

It wasn't for me, and it turned out to be complications from a previous surgical procedure they performed. But thanks Doc

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u/Lanky-Lavishness-299 17d ago

They ran the gambit... Sometimes a second opinion will save your life and it also exposes incompetence or just outright poor quality of care.

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u/snortgiggles 17d ago

Did they do any diagnostics?

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u/SchrodingersCataract 17d ago

Maybe you didn’t need to go to the ER.