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I'm not sure that's the whole story. Do European doctors and hospital administrators make $350,000/yr, plus kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies? There's
by kobeya 9y ago
I'm not sure that's the whole story. Do European doctors and hospital administrators make $350,000/yr, plus kickbacks from the pharmaceutical companies? There's a lot of structural inefficiencies in the American system that are not incentivised to go away.
- maxxxxx 9y agoThe healthcare bureaucracy in the US is insane. Every doctor seeems to have several people whose only job is to deal with insurance. And every insurance must have a ton of people who evaluate and deny claims.
- maxerickson 9y agoEvery practice has those people. But billing complexity is one of the factors driving doctors to work for hospitals and large organizations rather than in their own practice.
- maxxxxx 9y agoAnd hospitals are even worse at billing. They pretty much just make up charges and let the patient figure it out.