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Comments on: Greatest Health Care System in the World https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/25/greatest-health-care-system-in-the-world/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:25:19 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/25/greatest-health-care-system-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-35892 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 18:25:19 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4101#comment-35892 At my Mother’s primary physician there is a list of which lab individuals have to go to depending on which insurance company covers them. My Mother can go to any lab she and the doctor want under Medicare, so the “government single-payer system” offers the patient more choice than private insurance companies.

Of course, the insurance companies are costing the actual care providers money, and they are reducing the choices doctors can make in treatment. Patients have to accept the “wisdom” of their insurance company’s accountants or pay out of pocket – that’s not much of a choice.

]]> By: hipparchia https://whynow.dumka.us/2008/04/25/greatest-health-care-system-in-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-35885 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:26:48 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=4101#comment-35885 cost savings? i haven’t got insurance. my doctor takes 20% off an office visit, and my last hospital trip, they immediately offered to cut the bill by 30%, and were even willing to negotiate down from there.

my guess, from my various entaglements with the medical-industrial complex [this actually makes it a fairly educated guess], is that for-profit insurance adds 40% to the total cost of getting medical care.

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