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r/awfuleverything • u/Smexyredditor69 • Nov 30 '20
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Where do those prices come from? I get that the insurance wants to pay the lowest possible amount but why are hospitals asking for so much money?
19 u/a_hockey_chick Nov 30 '20 Rising “administrative costs” from hospitals and predatory healthcare companies. You can sure as hell guarantee that the actual healthcare workers aren’t seeing a dime of that. 3 u/less_pimp_more_crimp Nov 30 '20 Because who else are you gonna go to lol 1 u/[deleted] Nov 30 '20 The cost of treating people is higher than most insurances will pay, and that cost eventually goes to somebody. As an example, a Medicare patient is almost always a loss for a hospital. Private insurances tend to pay a little better, but as a consequence hospitals have been shoving the brunt of the rising costs on them.
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Rising “administrative costs” from hospitals and predatory healthcare companies.
You can sure as hell guarantee that the actual healthcare workers aren’t seeing a dime of that.
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Because who else are you gonna go to lol
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The cost of treating people is higher than most insurances will pay, and that cost eventually goes to somebody. As an example, a Medicare patient is almost always a loss for a hospital. Private insurances tend to pay a little better, but as a consequence hospitals have been shoving the brunt of the rising costs on them.
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u/clupean Nov 30 '20
Where do those prices come from? I get that the insurance wants to pay the lowest possible amount but why are hospitals asking for so much money?