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  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,676
    I work for a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices. Our customers are a joke.

    They get shit for like 50 bucks then charge insurance like 800
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,570 Standard Supporter

    This isn't about me. I'm healthy. Its about a system where a provider has to charge 2,000 more if you have insurance. Which is now an over priced pile of shit thanks to the same idiots who want to give us free healthcare

    I'm so far ahead paying cash it's not even funny. It's an illustration

    I dont need anyone's sympathy. And I'm not signing my life over to the government for free healthcare that isn't free and sucks


    That's how they pay for all the people that don't pay. Like illegals in the ER.
  • 2001400ex
    2001400ex Member Posts: 29,457

    I work for a manufacturer and distributor of medical devices. Our customers are a joke.

    They get shit for like 50 bucks then charge insurance like 800

    Cause they have to make up for people who don't have insurance and can't pay. So the rest of us with insurance pay the tab.
  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,460 Founders Club
    Sledog said:

    This isn't about me. I'm healthy. Its about a system where a provider has to charge 2,000 more if you have insurance. Which is now an over priced pile of shit thanks to the same idiots who want to give us free healthcare

    I'm so far ahead paying cash it's not even funny. It's an illustration

    I dont need anyone's sympathy. And I'm not signing my life over to the government for free healthcare that isn't free and sucks


    That's how they pay for all the people that don't pay. Like illegals in the ER.
    If that was true they would charge the same for cash. It's for all the extra staff and bullshit involved with insurance

    The government only makes it more costly

    Uninsured folks are covered by the state or charity
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,676
    To be fair though I dated a girl who worked in billing for a medical practice. Insurance gives them like 30 percet. It's a joke
  • Sledog
    Sledog Member Posts: 38,570 Standard Supporter

    Sledog said:

    This isn't about me. I'm healthy. Its about a system where a provider has to charge 2,000 more if you have insurance. Which is now an over priced pile of shit thanks to the same idiots who want to give us free healthcare

    I'm so far ahead paying cash it's not even funny. It's an illustration

    I dont need anyone's sympathy. And I'm not signing my life over to the government for free healthcare that isn't free and sucks


    That's how they pay for all the people that don't pay. Like illegals in the ER.
    If that was true they would charge the same for cash. It's for all the extra staff and bullshit involved with insurance

    The government only makes it more costly

    Uninsured folks are covered by the state or charity
    Partially true but insurance doesn't pay anywhere near the stated prices. I'm not sure exactly how inflating numbers benefits the hospital when insurance actually pays so much less.
  • Pitchfork51
    Pitchfork51 Member Posts: 27,676
    Sledog said:

    Sledog said:

    This isn't about me. I'm healthy. Its about a system where a provider has to charge 2,000 more if you have insurance. Which is now an over priced pile of shit thanks to the same idiots who want to give us free healthcare

    I'm so far ahead paying cash it's not even funny. It's an illustration

    I dont need anyone's sympathy. And I'm not signing my life over to the government for free healthcare that isn't free and sucks


    That's how they pay for all the people that don't pay. Like illegals in the ER.
    If that was true they would charge the same for cash. It's for all the extra staff and bullshit involved with insurance

    The government only makes it more costly

    Uninsured folks are covered by the state or charity
    Partially true but insurance doesn't pay anywhere near the stated prices. I'm not sure exactly how inflating numbers benefits the hospital when insurance actually pays so much less.
    Correct. So the question is who wins? It sure as fuck ain't the normal person
  • ramenduck
    ramenduck Member Posts: 734

    HHusky said:

    You could save even more by not having a colonoscopy. Just sayin’.

    Been 23 years

    Nice useless content as always
    I hope they find the key to Chip’s playcall boards up there and you feel a decade worth of regret. But otherwise checkout okay.