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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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From: Road Walker	2/2/2008 8:29:53 AM
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I had a recent knee problem that required and MRI and just got the bill. I thought it might be interesting to the thread. MRI Amount billed - $2440 Discount - 2105.55 Cost of care - 334.55 Amount you owe - 0.00 Medical visit Amount billed - $672 Discount - 564.01 Cost of care - 107.99 Amount you owe - 30.00 So let's see, a retail customer, someone without insurance and the same problem, would have paid $3112. The insurance company buying wholesale paid $442.54, of which I paid $30. What's wrong with this picture? The uninsured person, who presumably has the least money, pays about 7 times the "real" cost. Even if they give them a 20% discount it's still 5 times the "real" cost. The bottom line is the uninsured person is subsidizing the insurance companies and the insured person. Exactly the reverse of the system we should have.

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