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Default An article about medical costs
On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 22:56:35 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:37:37 -0700, Urin Asshole
wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 19:39:55 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:21:12 -0700, Urin Asshole
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Yep, and Medicare, by law can't negotiate with either hospitals of
Pharma. That's quite a free market system isn't it.

Go read the article again. Medicare pays about 10% of the Charge
Master price on the bills they looked at.
That was a big part of what Brill was saying.

That isn't a negotiation. They're barred by law from negotiating. It's
a fixed price that Medicare pays. And, 10% of complete bull**** is
still complete bull****. the costs are way below that. Try again.

The 10% is higher than the reality. Medicare pays more like 6-7%
OK I will try quoting the article you didn't seem to read.

Chest X ray $283 Medicare $20.44
Troponin Test $199.Medicare $13.64
CBC $157.61 Medicare $11.02
EKG $1200 Medicare $96
The list goes on


Brill says Medicare does pay too much for medical equipment tho.

What the **** is your problem? You said 10%. They don't negotiate.
It's a fixed percentage for each item. You go read the ****ing
article.
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