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Re:The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills by ssambros on Monday July 24, 2017 @08:12PM (#14843937)
And unless they pay enough no providers will do the procedure unless you somehow force them.
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Re:The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @12:12AM (#14845072)
Yes, which is why single-payer systems generally do a tiny bit of research, pick a reasonable amount, and pay that.
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Re:The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills by BurningFrog on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:59AM (#14845453)
Sure, but if you're the single possible payer, you can push that number down quite low.
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Re:The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills by ssambros on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @01:36PM (#14849945)
Which would require providers to cut as much corners as they possibly can to stay in business.
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Re:The Company Behind Many Surprise Emergency Room Bills by slededit on Tuesday July 25, 2017 @06:01PM (#14852274)
At the end of the day their revenue is dependent on throughput of people for their facility. If they gain a poor reputation relative to other providers they will lose. Quality of care would be the only thing they could compete on.
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