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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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