Which of the following best explains why hospital charges of $25 per aspirin are not unusual?
Mumple Choice
A. Government payments for Medicare and Medicaid patients do not cover hospital foed costs, so there costs must be distributed to other parents and the potence providers
B. Hospinals dinenbute a medically advanced form of aspirin met costs more to produce
C. Government exercises no cost control for Medicare and Medicaid, so hospitals get away with charging those palerts $25 for an aspirin
D. Pharmaceutical companies have monopoly power over hospitals, allowing them to charge high prices for medications