Fiscal Fairy Tales

    Few fiscal fairy tales can match the notion that America's free market health care system is governed by Adam Smith's "Invisible Hand" .
    As if - during a heart attack - you could shop for the least expensive Emergency Room.
    However...
    Assuming you are the sort who will clip and save items to stick on your refrigerator, we offer the following from Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration:
                        deGroot's deals
                 Congestive Heart Failure
       Hospital                         Retail Sticker Price
                                                     (Average)
                                              2008             2014
       Imperial Point                  $37,682        $31,657
       Coral Springs                  $52,494        $39,753
       North Broward                 $39,242        $48,920
       Memorial South               $43,313        $51,556
       Cleveland Clinic               $43,648       $52,442
       Holy Cross                       $70,460       $65,475
       Memorial Miramar             $48,461       $72,911
       Memorial Pembroke         $49,923       $73,848
       University                         $51,416       $73,869
       Broward Medical              $79,240        $83,645
       Memorial West                 $48,374        $87,678
       Westside                         $83,095        $101,638
       Florida Medical                $90,418        $103,908
       Northwest                        $58,882        $105,247
       Memorial Regional           $43,313        $109,703
       Plantation                        $86,009        $120,293
     Remember!
      Smart health care shoppers NEVER let Adam Smith's Invisible Hand grab their balls!