Re: The Surgery - What Happened

In article <LcydnaNebKwGd7ranZ2dnUVZ_jCdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Kip Williams <kiptw@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
The number one priority in medicine ought to be to figure out how to
provide acceptable services for a reasonable price. *Not* how to
force everyone to pay for insurance that will cover the unreasonable
price.

I believe that a lot of hospitals and all insurance companies have a
number one goal of making money. Thus, after your hospital stay, you
find that the box of Kleenex is a $35 item, topping off your water glass
is $15, and saying "Good Morning [your name]" is $9.50, among other things.

I'm a little puzzled.

The insurance company is paying the bill, or at least part of it. So
marking up items, if it affects the insurance company at all (i.e. if
they are covered), results in the insurance company making less money,
not more.

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