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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Katelew who wrote (3802)	1/11/2008 6:40:34 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Sometimes it works that way (the uninsured paying much less). I have had it happen myself (although not as big of discount in percentage terms, and also probably a much smaller bill). Sometimes it works the other way (with the insurance companies negotiating lower prices, and if you don't have coverage you pay not only more than insured patients, but more than the combination of what the both the insurer and the patient pay, sometimes much more. (I think this is most common for drug costs, but it can happen in other areas as well). I'm not sure how common each result is. Or how often the payments are about the same. Maybe someone with more experience dealing with medical billing could provide some insight in to that question. (Lady Lurksalot?)