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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by commandlinefan on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:56PM (#18720120)
> if they don't become more transparent it's going to be forced upon them.

Semi-tinfoil-hat conspiracy incoming: I think doctors and hospitals actually want government funded medical care, and are doing some of this to speed that up. Think about it. No more dealing with 100 different insurance companies or sometimes trying to bill uninsured patients: just develop expertise in handling one single government agency, and rake in essentially as much money as you care to have.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by krupan on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:50PM (#18720665)
"just develop expertise in handling one single government agency, and rake in essentially as much money as you care to have"

I hadn't thought of it this way before, but that's exactly what Raytheon, Northrup Gruman, and Lockheed Martin do. Hmm.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by conanbatt on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:41AM (#18723137)
Someone will get fleeced for sure, what is guaranteed with government provided care, is that it wont be the politicians.
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