Re:Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
by forrestthewoods on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @06:47PM
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There are 60 million people on Medicare. If you can’t negotiate with twice the population of Canada I don’t think the problem is not enough beneficiaries.
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Re:Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier
by mdorazio on Wednesday September 25, 2019 @07:44PM
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You know Medicare sets separate prices from normal insurance, right? See [1]. For most procedures, there's the "we make up a number to charge to insurance companies" price and then there's the negotiated Medicare price with associated billing codes.
[1] https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/cbo-reports-show-private...