Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a year: study

Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by chasd00 on Friday February 21, 2020 @04:45PM (#22387147)

i've done medical billing systems too and it is, indeed, crazy but what's make you think the gov. would be any better?

I wrote a specialized service dealing with Medicaid in a handful of states and it was even worse than normal. The incompetence at Medicaid is dangerous. Formularies, eligibility, reimbursements changed randomly with reimbursement changes retroactive to some random date. I have zero faith in any part of gov to get it close to right.

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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by james-mcelwain on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:18PM (#22387497)

> i've done medical billing systems too and it is, indeed, crazy but what's make you think the gov. would be any better?

Well, first of all, because there's no medical billing in M4A. It's free at point of service, so I'd hope they do better at billing considering they don't need to bill at all.

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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by refurb on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:36PM (#22387659)

Billing is how the doctors and hospitals get paid.

If there is no billing, do they work for free?

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Re:Single-payer healthcare would save $450B and 68k lives a ... by andymockli on Friday February 21, 2020 @05:57PM (#22387835)

Medicare requires billing, but Medicare 4 All does not require billing?

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