https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/04/09/598794123/bill-of-the-month-a-tale-of-2-ct-scanners-one-richer-one-poorer “Hynden was shocked when he got the second CT scan in January, and the listed price was $8,897 — 33 times what he paid for the first test. Gulf Coast Medical Center is part of his Cigna insurance plan’s …
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The Sorry State of Healthcare Financing: “But I Didn’t Get the Memo!”
You pull into a Gas Station and discover that there are no prices listed on the pump, just a slot to insert your auto insurance card…only to find out your State Farm policy is not part of the gas station’s …
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Healthcare costs…time to rethink the calculus!
For anyone still laboring under the myth that insurance carriers are motivated to hold down costs in healthcare OR that health insurance is expensive BECAUSE health-care is expensive OR that insurance helps PROTECT us from high billed charges, consider the …
Carrier Networks and the Cartel-ization of Healthcare
by Robert Nelson, MD When we have a situation, as we do in healthcare, where the networks have cornered the market and control the pipeline of patients, along with the magnitude & directional flow of money in the system, …
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Components of Optimal Health Insurance: #4 – Contract Free Healthcare Zones | Robert Nelson, MD | LinkedIn
Does anyone else see a problem with this arrangement? And yes, it is all very legal. But that doesn’t mean it is prudent or even ethical to continue this convoluted, monopolistic, expensive, and restrictive method of accessing and paying for …
