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Mar 11, 2019
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Idahofallsblue
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I guess that's my point. Patient asks for a price but there is no way to give
one before any surgery. So many variables affect how a patient's overall costs mount.
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Gotta love the American healthcare system
SayMyName
All-American
3/11/19 2:54pm
Few years ago. My daughter had out patient surgery on her wrist with plate and
sfeuz
3/11/19 3:02pm
I honestly don’t know the fix. But that is completely absurd.
HingleMcCringleberry
3/11/19 3:02pm
Definitely broken.
Mises
3/11/19 3:05pm
Government involvement has been terrible for those industries. Mortgages are
wabluecoug
3/11/19 3:06pm
It is stupid, and I think it's become so broken that the easy solution is single
wabluecoug
3/11/19 3:05pm
What they “bill” and what they actually “collect” is significantly
cougfanz
3/11/19 3:05pm
That doesn’t make it okay...
NanoFab Coug
3/11/19 3:09pm
Yep that’s what I said
cougfanz
3/11/19 3:13pm
What's broken about it? What specifically is broken in this example?
RugbyCoug
3/11/19 3:16pm
Found the guy who works in the industry. jk.
vegasnative
3/11/19 3:31pm
And if he didn’t have insurance? Is that a fair price to pay?
LaserCoug
3/11/19 3:34pm
First, what would he do if his house burned down and he didn’t have insurance?
RugbyCoug
3/11/19 9:07pm
Go and rent someplace.
Ssebo
3/11/19 11:27pm
There’s no market to bring down prices because the consumer doesn’t know what
Jay Rick
3/11/19 4:22pm
how do you find out the price if there are complications?
Idahofallsblue
3/11/19 4:47pm
To my knowledge, there is really no practical way to find out a health care
Jay Rick
3/11/19 5:22pm
I guess that's my point. Patient asks for a price but there is no way to give
Idahofallsblue
3/11/19 5:31pm
In that sense, yes. But prices in general could be made available. Right now,
Jay Rick
3/11/19 5:37pm
So that’s already done. Providers have prices. Patients can get that every time
Idahofallsblue
3/11/19 8:06pm
Provider prices are different depending on the insurer. And the patient price
Jay Rick
3/11/19 9:40pm
Turns out that’s not exactly correct. Health Affairs published a study that
RugbyCoug
3/11/19 9:59pm
It’s also not correct because the price is set by practitioner and then
Idahofallsblue
3/11/19 10:19pm
Here's part of the problem RE: insurance and costs...
Eddie
3/11/19 10:21pm
Hospitals are now requierd to keep a master charge list. And there are more cash
molodyets
3/11/19 5:56pm
Ha! Paying for healthcare in the USA is like going to the market in Mexico.
Eddie
3/11/19 3:32pm
So glad that your daughter is ok...having said that...
Adrielle
3/11/19 3:06pm
Nailed it. If you were an alien from another planet designing a system not to
jkccoug
3/11/19 4:09pm
You are absolutely correct — the idea that The big health insurance lobby shut
Wolvercougs
3/11/19 4:21pm
That’s obscene, sounds like they overbill because they can
pegushin
3/11/19 3:14pm
They overbill because they can and then they can say they were charitable and
molodyets
3/11/19 3:16pm
AOC? She literally doesn’t know anything about healthcare sorry bro
cougarnerd
3/11/19 3:24pm
sure she does.....
StarMan
3/11/19 3:32pm
Broken, yes. AOC is not your savior, though.
Philosoraptor
3/11/19 3:38pm
Is she better than status quo? 🤔
NanoFab Coug
3/11/19 3:42pm
Worse. Doing nothing is better than AOC.
Y-Zag
3/11/19 3:43pm
AOC?? Lol. See Venezuela. While I agree with your premise
kotacoug
3/11/19 3:55pm
HAHAHA...people, my AOC reference was a total joke. If she is the
SayMyName
3/11/19 6:34pm
Geez dude be careful with that someone might think you are completely nuts 😀
kotacoug
3/11/19 10:02pm
Lawyers.
Division Bell
3/11/19 6:51pm
Have nothing to do with this.
vegasnative
3/11/19 9:24pm
Billable costs are a direct reflection of tort risks as well as Rx costs
Division Bell
3/11/19 9:38pm
A direct reflection? I don’t think so. Why would setting inflated prices that
vegasnative
3/12/19 12:28am
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