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Listen: A Tussle With a Rattlesnake Can Take a Bite Out of Your Wallet - KFF Health News

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Summary
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62% Informative

A San Diego toddler spent two days in a pediatric intensive care unit after a rattlesnake bit his hand in his backyard.

The lifesaving antivenom the 2-year-old needed accounted for more than two-thirds of the total cost — $ 213,000 .

One explanation is the markup hospitals add to balance overhead costs and make money.

VR Score

61

Informative language

60

Neutral language

47

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

48

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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