HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise medical bills

Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by slownews45 on Friday July 02, 2021 @05:59PM (#27717460)

I thought something like 25% of medicare spending was in last year of life spending.

I've also heard that something like 5% of folks generate 50% of costs.

So the argument has been that because in the US total expenditure can go so high (ie, we will easily spend $10M on one person where other countries won't) that you end up with a serious spike as a result of last year of life and extraordinary effort costs.

Other countries have less variance (including income inequality)

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Re:HHS announces rule to protect consumers from surprise med... by asdfasgasdgasdg on Saturday July 03, 2021 @02:50PM (#27723828)

Yep, I'm aware of the argument, and I think you've stated it correctly. But the data I was able to find does not seem to support it.

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