Price transparency alone won’t solve our health system’s ills
His right testicle had jumped into his abdomen after he lost control of his motorcycle on the highway. My 43-year-old patient, whom I’ll call Richard, in otherwise healthy condition, was brought to the ER with severe pain. Fortunately, his testicle was still intact and only needed to be put in the proper place.
I am an attending physician in the emergency department and trauma center at San Francisco General Hospital. I …