tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post1266708799801401065..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: Cogs in the Money Machine: Money and TrustRoy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-21109437993101740642012-09-18T23:21:58.357-04:002012-09-18T23:21:58.357-04:00Great post, thank you. I did a study of charges a...Great post, thank you. I did a study of charges and 'costs' about 8 years ago, For a long time charges were 3x cost, then over a few years they raised slowly to 4x cost. Then the hoospital cried poor and raised costs without raising charge, increasing what Medicare paid.<br /><br />They justified this by buying failing hospitals. They paid a few bucks and put the full book value on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-4793562522487058162012-09-17T07:23:23.148-04:002012-09-17T07:23:23.148-04:00Excellent post. My attorney wife recently had a ro...Excellent post. My attorney wife recently had a routine test done and the hospital charge was $250, the insurance company paid $87 and she had no out of pocket. Go figure, we have no idea how these numbers are calculated. <br /><br />The real losers in this system are those with no insurance, as they are usually those with the least income and are hounded to pay full retail. I live in an Steve Lucashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02457363632413213801noreply@blogger.com