On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 7:51 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> > "basically, because they can" > > You got it. > > Unfortunately, the Affordable Care Act did not actually address the cost of > care. It addressed insurance. > Which, oddly enough, is what I was saying at the time. Though it does address the cost of care but mostly just on the billing/insurance side of things. > I have heard the argument that normal customers are gauged in order to make > up losses on other participants. This quote from the Time article does > nothing to disprove it: > > "It turns out that Medicare would have paid Stamford $13.94 for each > troponin test rather than the $199.50 Janice S. was charged." > > > Basically, a 150 dollar difference. Nice. > Who says that it is a loss in the first case? You make assumptions that are not warranted. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:361825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
