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

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Tue Mar 14, 2017, 04:45 PM

Mar 2017

the ACA and millions of lives.

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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