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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by maxxxxx on Monday July 10, 2017 @11:28AM (#14736795)
I remember reading that the 6% are from the billed prices, not the cost. The same when they claim to do things for poor people. They do a few procedures for free and claim the billed price so they can have nice PR for cheap.
Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by creaghpatr on Monday July 10, 2017 @03:54PM (#14739077)
Also for tax reasons, although different hospitals have different tax classifications.