Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...

TO MANY OF US, GETTING A SPLINTER IN YOUR HAND THAT YOU JUST CAN’T GET OUT. YEAH, KIND OF ANNOYING, RIGHT? THE MAN HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HIM. ONLY THE SPLINTER WAS SO BIG HIS HAND GOT SO INFECTED HE ...