For anyone who has insurance and has looked at their hospital bill, they will see something like this:
Cost of Procedure: $10,000
Insurance Paid: $4,000
CoPay: $200
The sane wonder where the hell the other $6k went. Of course, if you have insurance, parts of your medical bills just disappear for reasons I have not yet figured out. If [...]
Before starting, a quick overview of my position and why this pisses me off. Universal coverage is a laudable goal. I have not been convinced that a government-based, single payer system is the best. However, it is clear that the current system has costs that are rising too fast and covering too few people, with [...]
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