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nikibatts

(2,198 posts) Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:37 PM Mar 2017

So why is everyone ignoring the out of control prices physicians, hospitals, and pharmacists charge? [View all]

Why are people and Congress afraid to hold the medical profession more accountable for the ever-profit-seeking medical profession. The links between the medical profession and pharmaceutical companies, the investment and ties to the medical device companies, the links to Wall Street, and the conflict of interest investments by thousands in the medical profession are prime for investigation and exposure. No one is dealing with the real problems of our medical system but focusing on how bad the government is for wanting to give medical care to poor people.

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So why is everyone ignoring the out of control prices physicians, hospitals, and pharmacists charge? [View all] nikibatts Mar 2017 OP

Remember, the biomedical research that results in new drugs, new medical devices, and nikibatts Mar 2017 #1

everyone complains about the Corporations price gouging profits. Worse Congress in History thanks Sunlei Mar 2017 #2

A separate issue which can be discussed later...now our job is to save Demsrule86 Mar 2017 #3

Hello-I am a 2000lb maggot leach monster-The insurance industry Boxerfan Mar 2017 #4

I would also bet the marketing and advertising industry has something to do with the high costs. Initech Mar 2017 #5

Pharma companies spend a relatively small percentage on consumer ads mythology Mar 2017 #22

Recently I was invited to a fancy dinner CountAllVotes Mar 2017 #33

Yes, indeed. Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #63

This argument, blaming doctors, sounds very familiar. Very familiar, indeed. demmiblue Mar 2017 #6

Blame. You mean they share no responsibility? Why refuse to treat people on Medicaid or Medicare? nikibatts Mar 2017 #18

You do understand how prices are determined right? BCBacon Mar 2017 #57

EXACTLY!!!! dixiegrrrrl Mar 2017 #7

This easttexaslefty Mar 2017 #11

I had a similar situation with my back molar. Paka Mar 2017 #24

Once in Bangkok I had some chest pains metalbot Mar 2017 #55

Buried in the what providers charge is... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #8

You should check out ZDoggMD ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #12

Bookmarking discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #14

My wife's malpractice is 7k/yr taught_me_patience Mar 2017 #30

My younger daughter's obstetrician's was $6k... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2017 #40

Please don't tosh Mar 2017 #9

Thank you! Most pharmacists aren't getting anything like rich. WillowTree Mar 2017 #38

Physicians? Not so much. progressoid Mar 2017 #10

I've been wondering that for years. Nictuku Mar 2017 #13

They up the amount to get the pathetic amount the government reimburses yeoman6987 Mar 2017 #17

It is not a pathetic amount that the government reimburses. Their price is just too damn high in a nikibatts Mar 2017 #20

I have seen what yeoman6987 stated on a couple right wing sites. Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #39

So you are a physician. Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #27

Hmmm. Got a link on that, yeoman6987? Kingofalldems Mar 2017 #37

I'm not surprised you're unable to see more than two, extreme possibilities. LanternWaste Mar 2017 #54

"Nobody pays the sticker price." truebluegreen Mar 2017 #60

Because they are on the payroll too.. coco22 Mar 2017 #15

CONgress gets BIG BUCKS from Big Pharma, Big Insurance, Physician Lobby CousinIT Mar 2017 #16

We need to demand total governmental control over the medical industry. ileus Mar 2017 #19

Yes. When we tell everyone in the profession what they'll make, where they'll work, and how much hughee99 Mar 2017 #21

Than do what the Merchant Marine Academy did Motownman78 Mar 2017 #29

Too bad that's completely unamerican taught_me_patience Mar 2017 #31

I know right Motownman78 Mar 2017 #34

isn't that the way the military works? serious question. health care is a national security issue. TheFrenchRazor Mar 2017 #42

Not to mention the fact that Democrats/Liberals won't always control the government. SaschaHM Mar 2017 #36

Yes, always something to consider when talking hughee99 Mar 2017 #41

Welcome to DU... SidDithers Mar 2017 #23

Insurance companies do negotiate Sgent Mar 2017 #25

Resolve all of that with universal healthcare and little to no Eliot Rosewater Mar 2017 #28

Malpractice insurance is an enormous cash cow for the insurance industries. They charge far, far JudyM Mar 2017 #43

In my former state the major Sgent Mar 2017 #46

Probably because most people don't pay the trumped up charges on their hospital bills. politicaljunkie41910 Mar 2017 #26

Exactly... many providers charge 10x what insurance pays for a procedure taught_me_patience Mar 2017 #32

SINGLE-PAYER would solve those problems... TheDebbieDee Mar 2017 #35

Because we let them... mitch96 Mar 2017 #44

It always makes me a little irate when the discussions of physicians salary comes up... Docreed2003 Mar 2017 #45

Thank you ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #47

Then please do some research on the number of physicians invested in Pharmaceutical companies and nikibatts Mar 2017 #49

The AMA lobbied hard jrthin Mar 2017 #56

Oh for Gods sake ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #59

Let me guess. You are a highly invested physician or family member of one? nikibatts Mar 2017 #61

Fuck no ismnotwasm Mar 2017 #62

Prices are high because the law is written that way,on purpose Tom the Mechanic Mar 2017 #48

Thank you mitch96 Mar 2017 #50

Exactly. One night in the hospital would clear out many HSA accounts. ecstatic Mar 2017 #51

Not to mention closer to home. JNelson6563 Mar 2017 #52

I agree. The night of the Russian Selection jrthin Mar 2017 #53

I have cancer ghostsinthemachine Mar 2017 #58

Look at countries with single payer. The prices are negotiated with the govt, and are Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #64