Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000
by chimeracoder on Saturday May 21, 2022 @06:44PM
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> And people keep trying to argue the US has a great healthcare system
I've never heard anyone argue that the billing and payment aspects of the US healthcare system are great.
I have heard people argue that the quality of care (by various metrics) or availability of services are great, but that's a different argument, and not mutually incompatible with having a broken payment and billing infrastructure.
> The very rich don’t have to worry, the very poor don’t have to worry.
I'm not sure how you're arriving at the conclusion that "the very poor don't have to worry"
I've never heard anyone argue that the billing and payment aspects of the US healthcare system are great.
I have heard people argue that the quality of care (by various metrics) or availability of services are great, but that's a different argument, and not mutually incompatible with having a broken payment and billing infrastructure.
> The very rich don’t have to worry, the very poor don’t have to worry.
I'm not sure how you're arriving at the conclusion that "the very poor don't have to worry"