The stunning truth about healthcare pricing

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61. All throughout the nineties,

I went back and forth between being insured and uninsured. It all depended on which nursing agency I worked for. And in certain cases, I would go from one state of being insured to the other (or vice versa) due to the agencies getting bought and sold by other entities.

I always found that when I was uninsured, the receptionists at the doctor offices would be outright hostile. And demand the sixty to seventy dollar doctor visit up front. (Which I always politely complied with.)

Then I came to find out that those with the two most popular forms of health insurance were only paying $ 20 to $ 25 buck a visit. That was the rate that the Big Health Insurers had negotiated with the doctor's medical practices. "We will send you plenty of patients if you only bill us $ 25 !&quot

So why the rude treatment I don't know. When I was uninsured, I was actually worth two or three times what the other insured people were paying per visit.