Re:California's ‘Surprise’ Billing Law Is Protecting Patient...
by vkou on Friday September 27, 2019 @11:19PM
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How many life-years will the US standard of care coming down to the rest of the developed world cost me?
I can enumerate how much the cost of care coming down to that of the rest of the developed world is going to save me. You tell me there's a cost to this. Great. What is it? What exactly are we getting for the ridiculous money that we dump into your industry?
Related question: How many years of life do I buy from your billing guy spending $100 of his time to argue with my insurance company's billing guy (whose time also cost $100), over a $500 procedure? Because as far as I can tell, the net win for me in this transaction is that the procedure you performed costs me $700 net, instead of $500.
I can enumerate how much the cost of care coming down to that of the rest of the developed world is going to save me. You tell me there's a cost to this. Great. What is it? What exactly are we getting for the ridiculous money that we dump into your industry?
Related question: How many years of life do I buy from your billing guy spending $100 of his time to argue with my insurance company's billing guy (whose time also cost $100), over a $500 procedure? Because as far as I can tell, the net win for me in this transaction is that the procedure you performed costs me $700 net, instead of $500.