How Much Does It Cost to Recover From a Traumatic Brain Injury?
According to The Center for Disease Control and Prevention, over one million people are victims of traumatic brain injuries each year in the U.S. alone.
The mildest form of a TBI averages about $85,000.
A moderate brain injury averages about $940,000.
So, you can imagine the cost of severe traumatic brain injury….just about 3 million dollars!
How do all of these costs add up?
The majority of TBI victims must undergo extensive and long-term rehabilitation.
This medical attention overtime helps them to recover physically, neurologically, cognitively, and many other ways.
Contrary to the needs of traumatic brain injury victims, most health insurance policies have limits that are limited to short-term medical recovery.
This leads to the family accruing all of the remaining medical costs.