Re:A DIY diabetes kit
by 0xcde4c3db on Saturday July 16, 2016 @04:21PM
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In the US, "health insurance" mostly isn't about actual insurance, it's just part of the evolved process of obtaining care with a degree of oversight and (semi-)centralized records. You can pay out-of-pocket, in much the same way that you can represent yourself in court: nobody can deny you the option, but the system isn't really set up to operate that way and something will probably go wrong when you try it.
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That's not entirely true. When I was uninsured, I was able to negotiate significant cash discounts with many out-patient providers. They had a very good idea what the overhead of billing an insurance provider was and were willing to lop that off their charge.
Where it gets tricky is with in-patient care. There I would agree that it's more like representing yourself in court.