Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ...
by oceanplexian on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:28PM
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I don't know why people see this as a good thing. Healthcare is expensive for precisely the reason that people skip out on paying their debt. Now it's harder to collect so what's the result? Costs are going to go up to subsidize the increased cost of collection.
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Re:Sick and struggling to pay, 100M people in the U.S. live ...
by maxerickson on Thursday June 16, 2022 @12:36PM
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Non payment is a moderate expense, at least according to hospitals themselves: https://www.aha.org/fact-sheets/2020-01-06-fact-sheet-uncomp...