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   by zbsnsbskd 7y ago

   ”No, this is a terrible (but surprisingly common) argument. ” Well I don’t know it’s a terrible argument. You confirmed that there is a cost floor. This does create a perverse incentive. Whether it is or any consequence is another matter.
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   by zbsnsbskd 7y ago

   To be clear, I’ve never gotten mad at my insurance company. They play a game and they lay out the rules. It annoying that I have to read reams of papers when I start a new job. But they play within those rules. My hospital, on the other han
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   by zbsnsbskd 7y ago

   Ill be satisfied if I knew how much something will cost after I got it done. Its a first step. Then, maybe in a distant future, we can move on to reasonable estimates an hour before a non-emergency procedure. In this utopian future, I will
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   by zbsnsbskd 7y ago

   Just today I called my local hospital asking them how much they were going to charge me for an ultrasound Id already preformed . I’m in the middle of a qualifying life event and the new insurance retroactively kicks in. I need to know how
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   by zbsnsbskd 7y ago

   Correct me if I’m wrong, I’m not in the field. I thought the ACA put limits on insurance company’s profit margins, by saying that they had to pay out a certain minimum from the total monies collected. This is a perverse incentive for the in