Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem
by thaumasiotes on Monday July 10, 2017 @06:35PM
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> Medicare pricing is a special case, but you can't get that price without being on Medicare.
As far as I recall, Medicare pricing is defined by law as a percentage of the lowest price the provider ever charges to anyone else. For the sake of this comment, call it 40%.
If Medicare pricing is public, you can look it up and try to negotiate for 250% or whatever of the Medicare price.
As far as I recall, Medicare pricing is defined by law as a percentage of the lowest price the provider ever charges to anyone else. For the sake of this comment, call it 40%.
If Medicare pricing is public, you can look it up and try to negotiate for 250% or whatever of the Medicare price.