Jane just had a heart attack while shopping at the Broward Mall.
Now the nice paramedic is asking Jane which hospital Emergency Room she would like to visit for life-saving care.
"America has the finest free market health care system in the world," the paramedic tells Jane. "And part of the beauty is people with serious cardiac issues like you have a free choice regarding the emergency care vendor."
"Gosh," Jane gasps between breaths from her oxygen mask, "is this a great couuntry, or what?"
"No, Mam," the paramedic laughs. "None of that socialized-commie health care for us!"
Naturally, like most wise health care consumers, Jane is looking for the best bang for her heart attack buck.
Which is how and why Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration operates an easy to access internet site with all the information any penny-wise heart attack victim will need.
Congestive Heart Failure
Average Charge
Public 2007 2014
Broward Health $79,413 $83,645. Coral Springs $48,689 $39,753
Imperial Point $38,543 $31,657
North Broward $47,777 $48,920
Memorial Miramar $41,055 $72,911
Memorial Pembroke $49,309 $73,848
Memorial Regional $62,971 $109,703
Memorial South $46,512 $51,559
Memorial West $44,279 $87,678
Private
Cleveland Clinic $47,071 $52,442
Florida Medical $85,872 $103,908
Holy Cross $75,438 $65,475
Northwest $52,125 $105,247
Plantation $61,733 $120,293
University $46,970 $73,869
Westside $68,667 $101,638
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