[lit-ideas] Re: Medical pricing
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 10:36:39 -0800
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.
David Ritchie
Portland, Oregon
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