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In response to "Here's why American health care costs so much: -- (link)" by mara

I'd like to see a comparison based on those charts between the prices charged, and the amount that is actually paid... -- nm

Posted by znufrii Nov 3 '09, 15:58

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for the charts that display the Medicare fee schedule amount, assume private plans are paying at least that in contracted rates in most cases. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 16:00 3
- ah. thanks. -- nm - znufrii Nov 3, 16:02 2
  - let me revise: there are probably still some plans who maintain a price advantage relative to Medicare, but its a few percentage points, nothing major -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 16:03 1
    - and at the very end, the chart on hospital utilization provides a key hint as to why the for-profit hospitals really started pushing for price hikes. -- nm - TFox Nov 3, 16:10

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