Not defending the high cost of medical care but consider the cost of that aspirin. Somebody had to write the order for you to get aspirin(your doctor) and somebody had to take off that order from your chart and check to make sure your not allergic, and somebody had to enter that order in the computer and somebody in pharmacy had to fill that order and somehow that aspirin had to get to your unit and somebody had to open that package and to get the aspirin( they are individually wrapped) put it in a medicine cup and take it to you. And yes, somebody had to order those medicine cups and get them to your unit. And somebody had to order and get to your unit those water pitchers that sit at your beside. And somebody gets to come and make your bed, every day. Most of those somebodies don't get paid very well. And the list goes on.
