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Re:Hospitals Often Charge Uninsured People the Highest Price... by gpt5 on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @12:53AM (#27757517)
This is by design. Insurance companies want to negotiate a price. If uninsured people paid less than insurance companies, these companies didn't really negotiate a better price.
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Re:Hospitals Often Charge Uninsured People the Highest Price... by selcuka on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @01:07AM (#27757600)
True, but the difference is outrageous:

> The price billed to Mr. Macias was roughly three times the best deal negotiated by an insurance company.

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Re:Hospitals Often Charge Uninsured People the Highest Price... by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @01:10AM (#27757621)
There is also the fact that the uninsured are less likely to pay, so they jack up their prices again to account for that. It’s all really just lots of insanity.
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