[lit-ideas] Re: Medical pricing
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 21:50:00 +0100
DR>> Here you can't do that. By law you have to charge the same price to
> everyone. Of course if you are a large insurance company you can
> "negotiate" (read impose by fiat) a discount for those you insure.
> Thus the only people who really pay full price are those who have no
> insurance.
Ah -- I see. (That stinks.)
I don't know what the legal situation is but the practice is well known
(lower "self-pay" prices are sometimes advertised). Perhaps the existence of
the
NHS removes the need for a "charge everyone the same"?
Judy Evans, Cardiff
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ritchie" <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 7:36 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Medical pricing
>
> On Apr 1, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Judith Evans wrote:
> >
>
> > One doctor I saw charged me almost
> > half the usual price when he found out his
> > consultation and the test weren't covered by
> > insurance.
> >
> > (Just FYI!)
> >
>
> Here you can't do that. By law you have to charge the same price to
> everyone. Of course if you are a large insurance company you can
> "negotiate" (read impose by fiat) a discount for those you insure.
> Thus the only people who really pay full price are those who have no
> insurance.
>
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
