Hey there is always the healthcare system we nonveterans use. I hear it works really well for Mick Jagger.
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So your largest customers haven't been paying below your actual costs to produce your products for years? You would have found a bag holder if that was the case or you wouldn't be in business.
My industry doesn't have a bag holder which is why prices haven't increased significantly faster than the CPI.
Still waiting to hear how this countries manage to get by on less than the medicare reimbursement rate.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/IFHP Comparative Price Report with AHA data addition.pdf
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/IFHP Comparative Price Report with AHA data addition.pdf
Your industry also doesn't have your largest payers paying less than cost for your products. I know you'd like to ignore this fact, but it isn't going away.
Because we contain our costs because we don't have bagholders. Your supposed costs are artificially inflated by the existence of bagholders.
Are you ever going to address the miracles contained in this document? http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/IFHP Comparative Price Report with AHA data addition.pdf
The charges have been artificially inflated because of bag holders, not the costs. You do know the difference between costs and charges, correct?
I'm not sure you have any knowledge of healthcare in the US outside of Bernie and AOC talking points. The current direction of this thread isn't helping. It's a simple question, who does Medicare and Medicaid cover?
The cost and charges have been artificially inflated. Why control costs when you can just pass them along? If you pass along 13% of the cost to care for Medicare patients whats a 6% increase in salaries or a 7% increase from you syringe supplier?
You control costs to maximize profit. Are you really going to be this intellectually dishonest?
It's clear you have no idea how any of this works. The price of the syringe is included in the cost Do you know how much a 10cc syringe costs a hospital?
Yeah imagine how much easier it would be to maximize profit if I could, instead of controlling costs, just charge my bagholders more.
Well, if your largest customers were paying less than your costs, you'd be doing something or you'd go out of business. You're an absolute idiot if you think providers don't try to control costs. Controlling costs is the only way to make any money. That's why entities like the VHA and OHA exist.
Do you think that private insurance companies actually pay what providers bill them?
You do realize that "report" represents "fees" and not the actual provider cost to provide care right? There's a reason that US "fees" are higher than other countries, which is exactly what I'm trying to point out to you.
They aren't unsuccessful. If that was the case, there'd be no hospitals open. Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance reimbursement hasn't been becoming more generous.
If you had previously demonstrated any actual knowledge of healthcare in the US it probably wouldn't be. I feel like I'm trying to discuss rocket science with a toddler.
Fees or prices should be higher than cost (except Medicare). Why are US average and Medicare "fees" both higher than other countries?
Do providers control the price of pharmaceuticals? Of IV catheters? Of CT machines? Malpractice insurance? The cost of EMRs?Looks unsuccessful to me
Providers inflated charges to increase reimbursement from private insurers to recoup underpayments from Medicare and Medicaid and the costs of providing charity care.
Medicare and Medicaid comprise about 60% of an average payer mix in the US.
In most industries that's true. Most people don't pay directly for their healthcare though. A third party payer exists in about 95% of healthcare transactions.
