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Originally Posted by ejfbmw
Why is this corruption not part of the health care reform conversation?
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Exactly!
1). Medical billing audits should become a yearly requirement and falsifying these be a felony. There are probably several methodologies that mathematician specialists would know give the most complete answers. The answers should be 'complete' as possible after the crunching. 50% stock option CEO overhead? That should be disclosed.
2). These findings should be documented for the public to be able to view. The government is so involved in the situation (i.e. insurance mandate cough) that we might as well have the right to private hospitals as public records. Have a broken arm and want to see which place charges more? Go online or use the app and get an instant answer. A website where you can look up hospitals and see the statistical average bill for certain procedures, highs/lows, and more. (And yes all the local free care for indigents and lawsuits etc affects this and should be considered.) Statistics can be tricky if not presented correctly.
3). Right now, the system is so convoluted, secreted, and proprietary that perhaps even the hospitals themselves don't even know how or what they are doing. A reporter tried to research that for a news story but was shut out with a wall of bureaucracy and NO. I've paid $25 to obtain my own medical records from one place and was given a few scraps of incomplete and inaccurate paper garbage after many weeks of waiting.