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Oregone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-30-09 12:13 PM
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11. Think about it...if most people are insured, what are "regular rates"?
Its all sort of a bullshit statement. If you aren't insured, you get charged arbitrarily high magic rates. Most insured cannot pay them, so the health care facility gets a big whopping tax write-off for the amount they forgive, and they send the smaller portion to collection and still get paid. The write-off they get may potentially amount to more savings in taxes than they would of gotten paid in the first place if the person was insured.

So, what I am trying to say, is that there is no true baseline "regular" rates. Hence, no money really being saved with these negotiators (and single-payer negotiates too). The norm is the lower "special rates" (which are high and profitable in the first place). The "regular rates" are probably irregularly ever paid in full and they serve other purposes.
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