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Hermit-The-Prog

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8. somebody has to pay for all the pretty buildings ...

Reply to Hekate (Reply #4)

Thu Dec 26, 2019, 07:23 PM

Dec 2019

Last edited Thu Dec 26, 2019, 09:41 PM - Edit history (1)

Here's just one

Try counting the number of insurance company skyscrapers. Add in executive mansions, summer retreats, winter retreats, jets to get from one to the other, and little perks.

The cost of health care is not much. It's all the overhead we buy.

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For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865 [View all] BeyondGeography Dec 2019 OP

Health care in this country has become a racket sandensea Dec 2019 #1

And the doctors own a large chunk of it shanti Dec 2019 #2

Someone's got to pay for their wives plastic surgery and their kids' drug rehab sandensea Dec 2019 #3

Bingo! Quemado Dec 2019 #6

Here's hoping that changes someday sandensea Dec 2019 #7

I will say it again: if health insurance companies gave a damn about how they disburse their money Hekate Dec 2019 #4

somebody has to pay for all the pretty buildings ... Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2019 #8

Oh we have clout ck4829 Dec 2019 #10

The problem in US health care is price discovery Recursion Dec 2019 #5

The only reason we have this in/out of network BS is the insurance cos., area51 Dec 2019 #9

Are you going to require doctors to accept that Medicare? Recursion Dec 2019 #11