The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014)

Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014) by dllthomas on Friday December 06, 2024 @12:17PM (#42341771)

"This is not money you were ever going to pay."

I don't see why. Don't out-of-pocket maximums only apply to covered care?

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Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014) by tptacek on Friday December 06, 2024 @01:16PM (#42342443)

Is that what happens when Medicare, which pays for the overwhelming majority of all surgeries, denies anesthesiology bills exceeding CMS limits? Seniors just pay for their own anesthesia? No.

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Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014) by dllthomas on Friday December 06, 2024 @02:23PM (#42343253)

I honestly don't know, but if not I would like to understand why.

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Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014) by tptacek on Friday December 06, 2024 @08:44PM (#42346538)

Yes you do know! Do you read lots of stories about seniors being stiffed with huge anesthesia bills? No. Because that doesn't happen!

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Re:The Pitchforks Are Coming for Us Plutocrats (2014) by dllthomas on Saturday December 07, 2024 @12:44PM (#42351343)

Okay, but granting that, why?

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