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Re:Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Bar... by dragonwriter on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:27PM (#16498104)
> Note that $25 is nowhere hear the average for Americans' copay for primary healthcare visit.

$24 primary, $37 specialist, though that was published last year so it may have crept up a bit (it's been trending slowly upward.) [0]

> You've just got really excellent insurance

$25 is more than my primary care copay. I know I have excellent insurance; I also don't assume everyone else's is like mine. OTOH, you apparently have really crappy insurance and are assuming everyone else does.

[0] http://time.com/money/4044394/average-health-deductible-prem...

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Re:Introducing Uber Health, Removing Transportation as a Bar... by tkxxx7 on Thursday March 01, 2018 @08:45PM (#16498207)
> Once workers have surpassed their deductibles, they pay an average $24 copay for a primary care office visit, $37 for a specialty care office visit,

Note that, as stated in the article you linked, the percentage of plans with deductibles has gone up significantly (67%). So your average is really a veiled figure - many people won't come close to spending as much as their deductible on healthcare in a year to ever actually pay those prices.

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