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In response to "The man that paid $3,000 for surgery rather than $20,000 because he didn't use his health insurance. -- (link)" by spamlet

Ya know, that's a fantastic story and bravo to the providers in this particular situation.

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Aug 22 '13, 07:53

But I wonder...does he discount his fees for every single self pay patient that comes through the door? No, he doesn't. And neither does that anesthesiologist or the hospital.

I mean, it's an awesome one-off "see why Obamacare sucks" incident.

It's all of the other uninsured poor people out there that don't get the same treatment as this particular guy...they get stuck with the same price gouges and will either end up getting Medicaid or just getting a judgement taken against them.

The day all providers start negotiating with ALL patients...that's when things can change. But this is the first time I've ever heard of a doctor/hospital doing this.

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It wasn't an anti-Obamacare story and I realize it's a one off. But maybe everyone can learn something from it if it gets around? - spamlet Aug 22, 07:56 3
- True. I didn't care for the jab at the end. Took away from the message. I just think it's very much a rainbows and unicorns piece. - Jim Aug 22, 08:23
- I think it's too unique to be valuable and I think it misses the point that preferred provider healthcare plans are basically doing this negotiating - pmb Aug 22, 08:03 1
  - My patient is self-employed and owns a low-cost "indemnity" type of health insurance policy. -- dude chose poorly. -- nm - amanda Aug 22, 08:10
yeah, noone negotiated my 24k bill for knee surgery AFTER insurance portion. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 07:55 4
- shades wasn't going to get his transplant unless he got medicare. No one said "Say, how about we haggle?" -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 07:57 3
  - I understand that treatments are expensive, but there is no real reason why - groiny Aug 22, 08:00 2
    - Sure there is. It's called "profit." -- nm - Mop (200 lbs) Aug 22, 08:03 1
      - "gouging" nm -- nm - groiny Aug 22, 08:04

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