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Medicare, Medicaid, and Blue Cross/Shield contractual adjustments ** -- khilldrup 12/18/2017 7:16PM Medical providers have incentive to raise prices, and the insurance -- HoosWillWin 12/18/2017 7:09PM Insurance companies negotiate rates -- VaTechie 12/18/2017 7:18PM Yep ** -- khilldrup 12/18/2017 7:33PM And our costs are higher than pretty much every country in the world. The -- HoosWillWin 12/18/2017 7:21PM Have to charge more to cover those who do not/cannot pay. So those who -- khilldrup 12/18/2017 7:30PM I understand. You would think it was so bad, that -- VaTechie 12/18/2017 7:27PM Too busy sabotaging it to let it collapse/implode/explode, all on it's own ** -- khilldrup 12/18/2017 8:04PM Thank Allah, while you're cutting the check, that you didn't have -- Shenhoo 12/18/2017 6:55PM I might have been better off waiting for the first surgery -- NJHoo 12/18/2017 7:16PM Well then most importantly, feel better, and I hope you recover quickly ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 09:17AM I am so sorry to hear all this NJHoo. You deserve better ** -- HoosGuy 12/18/2017 9:32PM The hospital has anticipated no one will pay the remaining ~100K. -- Guy LeDouche 12/18/2017 6:55PM This is the system that you voted for and championed ** -- TomKazanski 12/18/2017 6:19PM Seriously? You think this is a new phenomenon -- BocaHoo91 12/18/2017 6:45PM Everything is partisan politics for him ** -- wahoo138 12/18/2017 7:55PM Glad you said it, because -- VaTechie 12/18/2017 6:54PM He most certainly does NOT think ** -- 111Balz 12/18/2017 6:53PM I dropped that boy down ten flights of stairs when he was a baby. -- TomKazanskisMom 12/18/2017 7:02PM Who said anything about it being new? -- TomKazanski 12/18/2017 6:52PM Correction- they used to own it. A few months -- Hoojack 12/18/2017 7:40PM Nope, ownership doesn’t shift until legislation is passed through congress ** -- TomKazanski 12/18/2017 8:51PM Sorry TK, doing nothing to fix it definitely equals owning it in my book. ** -- Hoodafan 12/19/2017 09:23AM Intentionally breaking something so you can say it didn't work pushes you -- WahooRQ 12/19/2017 1:54PM If someone can break it without even passing legislation -- TomKazanski 12/19/2017 2:22PM Ok. So I agree the ACA didn't fix this -- BocaHoo91 12/18/2017 7:05PM It may it worse as now you have to pay higher everything -- TomKazanski 12/18/2017 9:33PM I guess we are asking how did the Ds -- VaTechie 12/18/2017 6:56PM Well on my top of the high costs, productive citizens -- TomKazanski 12/18/2017 9:32PM Capitalism and healthcare. A match made in [healthcare provider] heaven. ** -- WahooRQ 12/18/2017 6:11PM You're lucky those obama death squads didn't getcha ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/18/2017 6:08PM This is the chit that makes me embrace single payor. Hope you stay well ** -- TpkeHoo 12/18/2017 6:05PM Aren't older Americans using Medicare on Single Payer? ** -- Tuckahokie 12/18/2017 6:11PM With 3 different parties getting billed ** -- TpkeHoo 12/18/2017 6:19PM And bills to the patient dribble in for months and months -- NJHoo 12/18/2017 7:40PM You go to an in network hospital and then they blast you with an out of -- TpkeHoo 12/18/2017 7:44PM This is for real. Nooooooooooooo!!!!! -- Hokieesith 12/18/2017 5:58PM Pediatric care is even more expensive ** -- hooshouse 12/18/2017 6:00PM What's really out of whack is that if that procedure were done -- 81_Hokie 12/18/2017 5:30PM My buddy got his hip replacement done in Mexico because the total bill was -- southdenverhoo 12/18/2017 9:29PM Interesting, but there is now way I am getting surgery in a place -- VaTechie 12/19/2017 08:03AM This is Puerta Vallarta. You can drink the water from the faucets. -- southdenverhoo 12/19/2017 09:14AM Great when everything goes right -- dajoka004 12/18/2017 11:43PM Yeah, because how could some Mexican be a competent orthopedic surgeon? -- southdenverhoo 12/19/2017 12:06AM Want to put more words in my mouth? -- dajoka004 12/19/2017 10:22AM Mexican malpractice summary: (link) -- southdenverhoo 12/19/2017 12:16PM With a Vet or auto mechanic, you usually get a fairly detailed estimate -- TpkeHoo 12/18/2017 6:08PM The difference is Vets and Auto shops have vastly superior -- RML Hoos 12/18/2017 6:21PM