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Originally Posted by greglepore
What is rampant is the culture of "bill anything" because we need to consume care. Its not like we'll won't get treated. The other thing that I believe is criminal is the non-transparancy of billing-procedures are routinely billed to the uninisured at rates hundreds of times greater than the insurers. I do get that the collection rate is low on these, hence the great discount, but this is why we need a single payer system.
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not so much
Insurance companies negotiate for a discounted rate, pretty simple.