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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @04:26PM (#18719825)
A recent episode of An Arm and a Leg podcast explains this pretty well (https://armandalegshow.com/why-health-insurance-actually-suc...). In many areas of the US, health networks are effectively local/regional monopolies and can pick and choose which insurance providers they accept. So there is effectively a "single seller" system for services that are in high demand.
Re:Major new iOS bug can crash iPhones and disable access to apps and ... on Thursday February 15, 2018 @10:49AM (#16384932)
Crashed Chrome as well.