This same topic has 14k comments on reddit. Here is one of the attempts at explanation by a physician:

https://np.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/3dngld/this_is_the_cos...

This is the biggest problem I have with Obamacare. Getting everyone insurance isn't that impressive if the insured still have bills like this. Why not cut out the middleman, reduce the waste of giving insurance companies tons of money, and just make healthcare free?

The possibility of becoming poor and/or bankrupt as a result of an injury is the scariest part of being part of the American society. Hope this changes one day.

US health bills seem extraordinarily high, maybe 5x in comparison to other first world countries. Why is this?

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