Jul 27, 2017 · 1 min read
That was a very thoughtful article . . . but your medical bills seem low ball. I know several people with similar injuries, who ran up $40-$50, bills. Just be glad that a poisonous snake didn’t bite you. After one Australian company (through corporate acquisitions) obtained a monopoly on all snake anti-venom in the United States, the selling price has risen from $100 a vial to as high as $5000 a vial. Last summer a landscape contractor in our community was bitten by a young copperhead snake. He probably wouldn’t have died, but without anti-venom, would have taken about 1–2 months to fully recover. He stayed in our hospital for a day and a half. His bill was $225,000!