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Rose Siding Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-05-06 12:11 PM
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4. Guess it depends on the hospital, but in my experience
they haven't been the heavies.

It's my understanding that a hospital gives sort of a discounted volume rate to ins cos. But when we've had procedures at our local hosp (that a very expensive yet crappy policy didn't touch) the hosp negotiated the price with us at a discount greater than what ins cos receive -even writing off one very large cost, based on ability to pay.

Hospitals are about to take a big hit by medicare changes. Blue Cross tripled its profits last quarter. Each medical story is important, but the ins cos skate WAY too much.
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