A partial explanation of high health care costs...

So, I'm seeing a speech therapist and she wanted me to schedule six appointments out. So I did, which basically puts me through finals time and then I'll be in Turkey and we'll pick up again in January. The woman in the scheduling office said they'd remind me by mail, too. So yesterday I had six separate letters from UNC hospital. That's right, they sent me one for each appointment. The postage comes out to $2. I know the reminders are a savings because they keep people from missing appointments, but there's no reason I can see for getting six separate reminders on the same day. If they sent each one out a week before the appointment that might be a different story, but this strikes me as just silly.