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Re:A bipartisan plan to end surprise ER bills by MBCook on Monday October 01, 2018 @09:03AM (#18112173)
Now they do because it’s a huge business. But as the foundations of our system were being setup I don’t think that was really the case. With the possible exception of the AMA fighting nationalized healthcare.

There doesn’t seem to have been a large investigation into the consequences of allowing healthcare coverage to be given to employees without counting as salary. That was one of the core sins.

Re:A bipartisan plan to end surprise ER bills by forapurpose on Monday October 01, 2018 @11:39AM (#18113656)
> But as the foundations of our system were being setup I don’t think that was really the case.

Why do you think that? Is there something I could read? Certainly lobbying and financial incentives to politicians have existed forever.