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A Portland family argues that their $430 walking boot illustrates the problem of inflated costs in health care, where prices are obscured from the patient and detached from the reality of actual cost to providers.
Read more: https://www.kgw.com/article/news/investigations/health-care-medical-device-markup-insurance-costs-out-of-pocket-inflated-prices/283-e80ab041-ed3a-44d7-8a67-95c6a0f4ebde
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