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A petabyte of health insurance prices per month

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Re: A petabyte of health insurance prices per month

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Post by MichaelZuo »

nradov wrote: post #268
MichaelZuo wrote: post #265

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Corporate entities consume administrative hours, paperwork, procedures, etc... of the healthcare system, which have many interested parties that benefit from that, they are consumers in a broader sense.

You're really missing the point. The word "consumer" has a specific meaning in the health insurance industry, which is what this article covers. What you're describing is irrelevant and off topic.

How is that 'off-topic'? That is the point of the parent, that many, including employers, corporate entities, etc., benefit from increasing consumption of the healthcare system.

Re: A petabyte of health insurance prices per month

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Post by MichaelZuo »

CogitoCogito wrote: post #270
MichaelZuo wrote: post #264

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That doesn't make sense, it's easy to imagine that subsequent visits will cost slightly different amounts in terms of resources, labour, etc... and require somewhat different procedures in terms of treatment.

Your position is kind of ridiculous. That applies to every single business ever and yet magically hospitals can't get by without itemizing _everything_? Of course not. Besides nowhere but in the US is this normal, which alone demonstrates your claim that somewhat different procedures _require_ this to be totally false. The only reason that hospitals in the US get away with it is because of the ludicrous agreements th…

Have you never seen or heard of anyone getting seriously bitten by an animal before?

It's not at all some mystery or make-work that the initial and subsequent visits for treatment will differ somewhat, do you not believe this?

Re: A petabyte of health insurance prices per month

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Post by smsm42 »

> The data is further ballooned because it includes rates for many medical services that can never occur. For example, an insurance company may have a contract that says they pay $180,000 for a heart transplant. The payer follows the rules and publishes that price for the list of “all doctors in this hospital.”

This looks like intentional sabotage by malicious compliance. "Yes, we published our prices, good luck making any sense out of it".

Re: A petabyte of health insurance prices per month

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Post by nradov »

MichaelZuo wrote: post #271
nradov wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're really missing the point. The word "consumer" has a specific meaning in the health insurance industry, which is what this article covers. What you're describing is irrelevant and off topic.

How is that 'off-topic'? That is the point of the parent, that many, including employers, corporate entities, etc., benefit from increasing consumption of the healthcare system.

Those are not consumers.

Re: A petabyte of health insurance prices per month

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Post by MichaelZuo »

nradov wrote: post #274
MichaelZuo wrote: post #271

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How is that 'off-topic'? That is the point of the parent, that many, including employers, corporate entities, etc., benefit from increasing consumption of the healthcare system.

Those are not consumers.

Did you misread my comment? Corporate entities certainly consume non-zero amounts of resources. They are definitely consumers in an economic sense. That applies for all sectors of the economy, not just healthcare.
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