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UGO ANDREW of generalspelltemple@gmail.com DOC I THANK YOU once again for you are worthy of all the praise and thanks. forever am grateful and shall ever be to you . i also want to say if you are out there passing through any relationship issues you can contact him today and i strongly believe he will also help you out. once again you can contact him through the following way<br /><br />Email Address: generalspelltemple@gmail.com<br /><br />WhatsApp Number: +1 (518)855-8371<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10131452341054019683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-24188857847116098492017-06-29T13:16:44.019-04:002017-06-29T13:16:44.019-04:00The fact that the average spending for health care...The fact that the average spending for health care in the U.S. is *twice* what every other country spends *does* mean that greedy corporations are raking in our money. You might want to believe that hospitals and doctors are not part of the problem, but they are obviously not part of the solution. I may not understand patient billing, but someone needs to step in and follow the money to determine why a service can cost 10 times more at one hospital than another and propose methods to assure that we (as a nation) are not routinely over-charged, as we currently are.Dave the Guitar Playernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-31287281151690643082017-06-28T22:26:37.920-04:002017-06-28T22:26:37.920-04:00That's not much of an argument.That's not much of an argument.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-22869494419485655902017-06-28T22:16:26.466-04:002017-06-28T22:16:26.466-04:00So you are here to waste everyone's time.So you are here to waste everyone's time.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-49240959415213851522017-06-28T21:47:47.010-04:002017-06-28T21:47:47.010-04:00Anyone can own a healthcare company. It makes sens...Anyone can own a healthcare company. It makes sense doctors would invest in their own industry. I suppose you think computer scientists shouldn't invest in their industry either. Blaming dictors for the healthcare mess is grossly unfair. It is scapegoating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-79426718748052358722017-06-28T20:55:55.492-04:002017-06-28T20:55:55.492-04:00Because he seemingly always has to post something,...Because he seemingly always has to post something, @7:51 PM writes:<br /><br /><b>[QUOTE]</b> <i>The only problem with this is that the doctor doesn't get paid for the MRI scan. The doctor pays someone else for it, using the info in the scan to diagnose and treat the patient. A doctor would like to have cheaper scans, not be upset by them. They are paying for the scans, not receiving payment for them, unless you are conflating doctors with hospitals. Doctors don't typically own their own MRI scanners in the US.</i> <b>[END QUOTE]</b><br /><br />First off, why does it matter who's getting the proceeds from the inflated MRI costs in the United States when the question, in its broadest terms, is why are <i>per capita</i> medical costs in the United States so high? Second, is the commenter completely unfamiliar with the term "kickback" or of the conflict involved when prescribing doctors hold an ownership stake in a lab or imaging center? On the off chance that @7:51 PM is uninformed and isn't here to waste everyone's time playing the part of an inexhaustible contrarian here's some background on that last point <a href="http://www.compassphs.com/blog/price-transparency/physician-owned-medical-facilities-do-doctors-refer-to-them-more/" rel="nofollow"><b>LINK</b></a>.CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-38562001130839615252017-06-28T20:06:52.864-04:002017-06-28T20:06:52.864-04:00If the public (or his/her insurance company) pays ...If the public (or his/her insurance company) pays more because of the patient's weight, that is an additional cost of health care in our society. If we have higher rates of obesity across the board, compared to other nations, that means we will be paying more for this and other weight-related treatments.<br /><br />There is nothing bigoted in noting that the US permits its citizens to become fatter than other cultures do. This is obvious from our demographics. Michelle Obama tried to do something about it, but her good efforts are being undone by Trump et al. We do badly on a variety of measures of health, despite our spending, because we don't make an effort to curb unhealthy lifestyles. No one should weigh 400 lbs. That level of obesity is a treatable health condition. We need the will to treat it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-2256396798765531472017-06-28T20:00:22.416-04:002017-06-28T20:00:22.416-04:00An invoice that is written off is not necessarily ...An invoice that is written off is not necessarily bogus.<br /><br />If I offer customers a 15% discount for prompt payment, I have adjusted the price. The invoice isn't bogus because of that. It doesn't necessarily mean the price was too high to begin with. It means that cash flow is being prioritized over receipts. The 15% is the cost of obtaining the money sooner. Health care billing is hard to understand. It is NOT transparent to patients. That doesn't mean it is necessarily corrupt or bogus or mistaken or fraudulent, etc. It doesn't mean there are piles of money being raked in by greedy corporations. It means someone writing a book about such issues should spend the time needed to understand what is going on. I don't get the sense that is true of this author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-25491848302059124012017-06-28T19:57:31.439-04:002017-06-28T19:57:31.439-04:00Your "fat person" bashing er, um, I mean...Your "fat person" bashing er, um, I mean your speculation about the patient's weight being the cause of the increased cost doesn't pass the smell test. <br /><br />The patient weighed the same at hospital #1 as he did at hospital #2. Obviously his weight was not a factor in the price increase from $19,000 to $132,000. <br /><br />Why don't you take your bigoted ignorance somewhere else. Or, better yet, just keep it contained in your bigoted little mind.sabyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05660828218347492797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-36405502063610368472017-06-28T19:51:40.684-04:002017-06-28T19:51:40.684-04:00The only problem with this is that the doctor does...The only problem with this is that the doctor doesn't get paid for the MRI scan. The doctor pays someone else for it, using the info in the scan to diagnose and treat the patient. A doctor would like to have cheaper scans, not be upset by them. They are paying for the scans, not receiving payment for them, unless you are conflating doctors with hospitals. Doctors don't typically own their own MRI scanners in the US.<br /><br />It is handy that the manufacturers of the scanners are also Japanese businesses. It is unclear to me why there is a an advantage to a small, compact machine. If Japanese clinics are buying cheaper scanners it is because the prices given to them are more favorable than those offered to US hospitals. That is not clever or more ethical -- it is a business practice that advantages their own country over other countries. Not much we can do about that unless we build our own machines.<br /><br />It seems like a truism that price controls would lower prices. Short of a revolution, how will you accomplish that in the US? If you're waiting for Bernie to do it, don't hold your breath. He is busy helping his wife defend herself against bank fraud charges. Do you imagine Republicans will suddenly abandon free market economics? There are other examples of screwed up situations where free market doesn't work well. Nothing is happening there either. Health care is not unique in that respect.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81048349107785292592017-06-28T19:12:29.205-04:002017-06-28T19:12:29.205-04:00I understand their position. What I don't acce...I understand their position. What I don't accept is raiding the government with an absurd charge. The other OECD nations have strict rules about charges. We don't. It seems the price of every service has to be negotiated after the fact.<br />I didn't mention the bills I got from Banner Health. Every month for a year after my wife passed away, I would get bills from them, $100.00 here, $6000.00 there, every one bogus. Fortunately, I found an accountant at Banner that checked every one and said they were all billing errors. They were all dismissed. How many bogus bills are paid without dispute? Sometimes several times. The mind boggles.gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-64274387215895939612017-06-28T19:06:47.542-04:002017-06-28T19:06:47.542-04:00I suspect that like many university hospitals, the...I suspect that like many university hospitals, the NYU health center is a cash cow for the university itself. You can no doubt look it up in their annual report.Bartmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809097953780642925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-29577169510024817812017-06-28T17:10:33.000-04:002017-06-28T17:10:33.000-04:00Here's a discussion using 2007 data. Spoiler, ...Here's a discussion using 2007 data. Spoiler, the culprit is not obesity. <a href="https://youtu.be/qSjGouBmo0M?t=2m8s" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a><br /><br />Subsequent videos by the same vlogger uses more recent data, but just to correct one claim in the video linked to here, <i>per capita</i> there are more MRI scans performed in Japan than in the United States:<br /><br /><b>[QUOTE]</b> …In the United States, a standard MRI scan of the head costs about $1000 to $1400. In Japan, the health ministry thinks that price is far too high. The fixed price for an MRI of the head in Japan is around $105. That’s why Japan with the highest per capita rate of MRI scans in the world, still spends less than most developed countries on health care; you can buy a lot of scans if the price is dirt-cheap.<br /><br />I once asked Professor Ikegami why doctors put up with this; why don’t they just refuse to take MRI scans if the fee is so low? “The answer to that is the Fee Schedule,” the economist replied, “There is only on payment scale in Japan. If a doctor won’t accept the price in the schedule, he won’t get any business. And he won’t have the scans he needs to diagnose his patients. So the doctors accept the price.”<br /><br />As it turns out, the heavy-handed price control from above has had a salutary effect on the cost of medical care. Because the permitted fee for an MRI scan is so low, for example, Japanese doctors went to the MRI manufacturers–Hitachi, Toshiba, etc.– and demanded a new line of compact, inexpensive MRI machines.<br /><br />The industry responded. Today, Japanese doctors and clinics can buy MRI scanners for around $150,000– about one-tenth the price of the bigger machines used in the United States.... <b>[END QUOTE]</b><br /><br /><a href="https://medicalskeptic.wordpress.com/2010/06/10/mri-japan-and-the-u-s/" rel="nofollow"><b>LINK</b></a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-39979695126849294362017-06-28T15:10:50.047-04:002017-06-28T15:10:50.047-04:00They have liability issues if they let her go with...They have liability issues if they let her go with you and she needs emergency care before reaching the hospital. Your car is not equipped like an ambulance. They may not know how serious her condition might be. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-17595462682862826392017-06-28T14:47:18.288-04:002017-06-28T14:47:18.288-04:00Several years ago, my wife was sent to three diffe...Several years ago, my wife was sent to three different hospitals in the same network (Banner), depending on the test or specialist she needed at the time. One was 10 minutes away, the next 25 minutes, and the oldest and biggest was 50 minutes. She would get ill and want to go the the ER. I would take her to the nearest ER.<br />On one occasion the ER staff said she needed to be admitted to the biggest hospital, one I had driven her to many times. I said I would take her there.<br />The staff said no, she must go by ambulance, a 40 minute drive. <br />The bill to Medicare was ....wait for it...$3000.00!<br />I'm sure Medicare paid less, but this illustrates the moral hazard with health care insurance. I did nothing about it because it cost me nothing. Most people don't look at anything on a bill except their copay or deductible.<br />The pricing is usually hidden, the procedures are couched in code numbers, and many times the patient doesn't even know what they owe until they get a bill from a collection agency six or eight months later. I once had a $900.00 bill for an ER visit that made me sicker than when I went in. I called and asked will you settle for $300.00. They accepted immediately.<br />I looked at some of my wife's hospital charges. She could not bring her daily meds to the hospital. The hospital pharmacy was charging more for one pill than she paid for a month's prescription.<br />I am a military brat. I grew up on military bases, and one thing I learned is that when "Uncle Sugar" is footing the bill, nobody gives a damn what it costs.gravymeisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075831177588700301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-76763855563593159672017-06-28T14:01:48.860-04:002017-06-28T14:01:48.860-04:00Ilya illustrates here why Maddow doesn't want ...Ilya illustrates here why Maddow doesn't want to talk about this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-10423331786363422582017-06-28T13:58:32.076-04:002017-06-28T13:58:32.076-04:00They can charge $19 k USD because of patent monopo...They can charge $19 k USD because of patent monopolies for pharmacuetical drugs!<br /><br /> https://deanbaker.net/books/rigged.htmhardindrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05275899305949454964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-81854517603502159432017-06-28T13:29:04.253-04:002017-06-28T13:29:04.253-04:00"Somerby definitely doesn't understand he..."Somerby definitely doesn't understand health care costs. He thinks the inflated numbers that represent what companies carry on their books are the same as what people (or insurance) actually pay. That isn't necessarily true."<br />The cost that Bob keeps mentioning is $9451 per capita -- is this just an accounting gimmick, too?<br />Per your explanation, which, by the way, I have no reason to accept as correct, Langone got paid the same $19,000, and the rest just got written off as a loss on taxes, while at the same time generating profit. If this were true -- and it's not -- this would constitute a clear case of tax fraud. Once again, there must be an explanation of why they were nominally charging $99K and then $130K. Furthermore, as Bob points out, it's curious why the treatment was 19K to begin with.Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520998225031485048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611810694571930415.post-87228921211796024852017-06-28T12:55:47.102-04:002017-06-28T12:55:47.102-04:00Gobbledygook!Gobbledygook!Ilyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09520998225031485048noreply@blogger.com