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Simon F. Haeder, Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University

How much for an amputation or checkup? It takes a complex formula and a committee of doctors to set the price for every possible health care procedure

The price physicians charge for every surgery, checkup or other procedure has a precise formula behind it. Morsa Images/DigitalVision via Getty Images

Modern medicine is remarkable.

Conditions like HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C were once virtual death sentences. Both can now be treated easily and effectively.

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