3 ms·
One of the largest county government insurances in CA reimburses $28,000 for an endoscopy at an outpatient center. Which should cost around $2000 in a hospital.
by appleshore 7y ago
One of the largest county government insurances in CA reimburses $28,000 for an endoscopy at an outpatient center. Which should cost around $2000 in a hospital. And in reality, could cost $500.
Not sure why the AHA didn’t fix things like this.
- pfranz 7y agoAHA? You mean the ACA? The US pays more for healthcare for a whole host of reasons split between different categories. The ACA only took on a very small aspect. The idea that getting close to 100% coverage means incentives like jacking up the prices because nobody covers the other guy's ER bill would get much smaller. I imagine the idea was changing other things made more sense to them after most everyone was covered. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_prices_in_the_United_States#Reasons_for_higher_costs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_prices_in_the_Unit...