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As an economist, I know the US health care system delivers mediocre results at a higher price than other countries. I try to keep my cool as I run the numbers. "Just the facts, Mam," as Joe Friday used to say. Then I read something like this and I lose my professional cool:[Sean] was “sweating and shaking with chills and pains,” Stephanie recalls. “He had a large mass in his chest that was … growing. He was panicked.” . . .
Nonetheless, Sean was held for about 90 minutes in a reception area, she says, because the hospital could not confirm that the check had cleared. Sean was allowed to see the doctor only after he advanced MD Anderson $7,500 from his credit card.