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To: Slagle who wrote (66469)	7/20/2005 1:38:32 PM
From: energyplay	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Slagle - that's pricing what the market will bear. It isn't bad. Fixed prices are realitively recent development. Drug companies, oil companies, semiconductor companies and even internet companies are not charities. Well, some of the internet companies were - but they ran out of money. And most real business are started and new products are launched to get excess returns - not to earn a "reasonable profit". A reasonable profit is like having a JOB, not BUSINESS. While disagree strongly, I do appreciate your posts and prespective.

To: Slagle who wrote (66469)	7/20/2005 1:43:39 PM
From: energyplay	Respond to of 74559

Medical costs : A few years ago I needed an MRI. About that time the WSJ published an article about negotiating medical proceedure prices. The MRI was supposed to be $2400, Just by asking nicely to the right person in billing before the MRI I got a price of $1850. Sneaking a peak at her computer screen, insurers and BLue Cross were paying $1350 - $1298, and there was another price point at $1440.