Govt created a huge tax incentive to buy healthcare via a 3rd party (employer)

May 14, 2022
7:35:04am

BYU'01 All-American

creating a massive distortion that undermines market efficiency. Now we have a quasi socialist system where bureaucrats drive (poor) resource allocation & inhibit innovative business models.

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TNT had an MRI about two months ago

TNT

5/13/22 11:17pm

Another reason why the system is broken.

Blue Print

5/13/22 11:18pm

How do they bill those?

TNT

5/13/22 11:19pm

How much should an MRI cost? I don’t know

Memmo

5/13/22 11:26pm

Why does it cost $3,600 without insurance and $400 with insurance?

Blue Print

5/13/22 11:37pm

Cash cost for a MRI with contrast is about $475

Zoobieman

5/14/22 12:04am

Yep the solution to the healthcare mess is to cut out the hospital and third

cougfanz

5/14/22 12:11am

Until the costs are enormous. Which is the main point of insurance anywhere

BYU '80

5/14/22 1:11am

No because those amounts are meaningless and no one ever pays them

BYU '80

5/14/22 1:11am

An MRI machine costs about 3 million. The room shielding is another

EQD2

5/13/22 11:51pm

He also had some blood work done

TNT

5/13/22 11:33pm

$3000 for blood work. . .What tests?

Zoobieman

5/14/22 12:05am

It was a number of things. Don't remember the specific tests

TNT

5/14/22 12:17am

Probably to pay the doctors who examine it afterwards.

Shore10

5/13/22 11:29pm

Was going to ask the same. Was that just for the MRI or the examination too?

BYU'01

5/13/22 11:32pm

That was just for the MRI

TNT

5/13/22 11:34pm

How much did radiologist cost?

BYU'01

5/13/22 11:48pm

My hospital charges 2-3k for different imaging tests that I read. I make

cougfanz

5/14/22 12:03am

It gets worse. One of the nurses had very nice legs and TNT stared. Another $500

TNT

5/14/22 12:19am

‘Thumbs up’ for insightful post

BYU'01

5/14/22 7:28am

Politicians have ruined healthcare.

HFF

5/13/22 11:40pm

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cougfanz

5/14/22 12:12am

Having worked in the latter two, insurance companies have done a lot

BYU '80

5/14/22 1:17am

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cougfanz

5/14/22 8:29am

It is a lot different. Cost of healthcare in Utah is akin to that of single

BYU '80

5/14/22 9:32am

Govt created a huge tax incentive to buy healthcare via a 3rd party (employer)

BYU'01

5/14/22 7:35am

Insurance is the biggest scam

GA_Coug

5/14/22 10:14am

Are you going to have to cut back on the dew?

HFF

5/13/22 11:41pm

RE: Are you going to have to cut back on the dew?

TNT

5/13/22 11:42pm

RE: TNT had an MRI about two months ago

Cru Jones

5/14/22 12:10am

Uncorrect

TNT

5/14/22 12:18am

RE: Uncorrect

Zoobieman

5/14/22 5:49am

PSA regarding MRIs in Utah. Pay cash and get it from Mountain Medical Imaging.

BYU-Ite

5/14/22 12:54am

Nice, that's about what I pay per month in health insurance premiums

jaromp

5/14/22 12:54am

MRI machines cost in the neighborhood of $2 million plus

BYU '80

5/14/22 1:10am

These ridiculous numbers and coding methods are thanks to insurance companies

Pretorian

5/14/22 7:01am

Insurance companies are responsible for medical codes and coding rules?

BYU '80

5/14/22 9:34am

Indeed but, You don’t think medicare is influenced by anyone…?

Pretorian

5/14/22 2:13pm

Always shop around for the lowest cash price. It has been rare for us when cash

Ripliancum

5/14/22 7:29am

Fly to Houston and get your test. Overall cost would be lower.

scott715

5/14/22 8:37am

There are a lot of rules currently in implementation that benefit transparency

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