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maxerickson on July 18, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Myth of Drug Expiration Dates

Your second link says including $546 for six liters of saline that cost the hospital $5.16.

That doesn't sound like the cost of the saline is much of a problem. It sounds like hospital billing is the problem.

dragonwriter on July 18, 2017 [–]

It sounds like the labor and other costs of tracking, delivering, etc. the saline, rather than the material costs of the solution itself, are the issue.

maxerickson on July 18, 2017 | [–]

Sure, if you think $100 a bag is reasonable for that, then that would be a reasonable explanation.

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