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To: ManyMoose who wrote (5619)	3/12/2006 1:14:31 AM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 71588

Oh. I think they do all right. :-) But the average bill is maybe $30 bucks for a prescription or $200 for a doctor visit. A lot of younger people never exceed the deductible on the insurance. Bills that size are a lot rarer. And the insurance company has a negotiated agreement with the hospital. They'll pay 20% - 25% of that and and the rest is written off. So: People with no insurance get hit with a bill of $50,000 and are expected to pay it. And they will be the people who can least afford to pay. People WITH insurance will pay nothing or a few hundred out of pocket. Is this crazy or what? Yeah, I know this sounds socialist. It's still a crazy system.