Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem
by u801e on Monday July 10, 2017 @06:23PM
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Car insurance doesn't cover routine maintenance, for example. So the prices for things like oil changes are relatively reasonable. If we had to go through insurance for things like that, then I'm willing to bet that the price of the service would increase substantially and auto insurance premiums would go up quite a bit as well.
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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem
by bonzini on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @01:59AM
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Thatv may be true but, for healthcare, there is an important difference in favor of you: a car is replaceable, a life isn't.
If you don't do routine maintenance, the engine breaks down and _you_ have to pay for it.
If you don't do routine checkups, you get sick and insurance has to pay---and also, if you die those sweet premiums stop coming to them. Insurance actually has a vested interest in paying for your checkups and screenings, just like in countries with socialized healthcare.