Cardiac devices can cost six times more in U.S. than in Europe

The Perelman School of Medicine’s Peter Groeneveld said, in response to news of cheaper cardiac devices abroad, that a patient’s out-of-pocket costs are more a function of one’s insurance plan than one’s choice of hospital. “It’s not clear that U.S. patients can do much with this information … other than move to Europe,” said Groeneveld.

・ From Reuters Health