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Re:Affordable Care by rtpg on Saturday January 14, 2017 @09:14AM (#13398428)
Deductibles instead of percentage of service are one of the sillier ways to implement insurance.

I understand that this saves people who go way over, but if the deductible is $2500, what's to stop a $25000 operation from becoming a $35000 one?

There's the hospital-insurance relation but given how flexible hospitals end up being on pricing it sure doesn't feel like enough

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Re:Affordable Care by nommm-nommm on Saturday January 14, 2017 @10:50PM (#13402195)
Most insurance companies have deductibles AND a percentage of service over the deductible (coinsurance) AND a copay that you always pay and doesn't count towards your deductible.
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