I’ll never understand why we pretend that things are this expensive.

USA, of course, because I can’t imagine anywhere else in the world working this much harder and not at all smarter.

FYI, Medicare is our government insurance for older or disabled people and is paid for mainly with taxpayer dollars as well as “small” premiums by members.

Screenshot of an itemized bill.The first line is a charge for an initial outpatient appointment lasting longer than 60 minutes, and is for 679 USD. The second line is a payment from Medicare for 149.49 USD. There is a third line for a Medicare Adjustment of 491.38 USD. The total patient responsibility is listed at the bottom and is 38.13 USD.

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    6 hours ago

    We could fix this by not allowing someone to charge different prices to different people. There shouldn’t be any of this fake negotiating. The price should be the price.

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    7 hours ago

    And those adjustments aren’t actually paid to anyone. They’re just the different price if that’s the insurance you have.