tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12257856.post2058904564229564910..comments2024-01-20T12:46:47.740-05:00Comments on To Get Rich is Glorious: Atlantic article on health careColinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12257856.post-92096596159640886412009-08-15T13:32:46.546-04:002009-08-15T13:32:46.546-04:00Colin -
This post is exactly why I have been an At...Colin -<br />This post is exactly why I have been an Atlantic subscriber for years now. Unfortunately, it also displays why I will be switching to a a Kindle-based Atlantic subscription this fall. I find it a bit ridiculous that they make the magazine's content available for free online before I get it in the mail. The Atlantic is a great enough product for me to pay money for it - unlike, say, an AP news story. But I would like to get something for my money, and not be at a disadvantage.<br /><br />As to Anonymous' comment, I have seen much of the same behavior. I certainly believe in volume pricing and letting the buyer and seller of a product set a price they can both agree on. But some of this behavior, to me, seems to border on price discrimination. The best fix for it is to dis-empower the insurance companies, and make a greater number of health care transaction occur between the provider and the receiver of the service.Paradigm Shifterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232345229349032268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12257856.post-51858130306878354962009-08-13T19:13:19.083-04:002009-08-13T19:13:19.083-04:00A friend recently had a CAT scan. The hospital wh...A friend recently had a CAT scan. The hospital where he had it done stated that the cost would be $5000. When my friend received a payment statement from his insurer, he saw that they had only paid $500. He called the hospital, wondering if he was responsible for the other $4500, and was told that the hospital accepted the $500 as full payment from the insurance company. Without insurance the fee would have been 10X greater! If the hospital could make a profit at $500, where does the $5000 fee come from?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com