Carolinas Medical Center Visitor Parking Deck

When people talk about healthcare reform, it’s small, everyday situations like this that figure prominently in their memories when describing the system as a racket.
Every time you come to see your ailing loved one, it’s 3 bucks. It isn’t 3 a day, it’s 3 every time. No frequent-​parker deals, no passes.
They don’t take cards at the ONE booth the genius designer included at this little bottleneck –they’ll turn you around and send you to the CMCU ATM located in the Children’s hospital.
The width of the lanes makes the TJ’s parking garage up the street look like a 6-​lane highway — if there’s a line to pay and get out, there’s no room to navigate the upward spiral and you have to inch your way around the waiting masses to park.
Utter, total, complete fail.
Edit: I’ve been informed that if you ask for a pass or note saying that you already paid, they’ll let you back in w/​o another 3 bucks. Of course, there are no signs announcing that practice. Highfive guys.