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Midnightwalk

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3. Out of network is one of the biggest rackets going.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:57 PM

Jan 2020

I’m for universal coverage.

If we don’t have single payer soon (I don’t think we will) we need to address this scam.

Why should a hospital or a doctor be able to charge vastly different amounts depending on who is going to write the check. Medicare reimbursement rates are a problem but at least have a law that says services provided by a hospital can’t vary by more than 5% for non Medicare reimbursements.

0% would be better

Fix this and prescription drugs and allow buy in and we can have majorities in the house and senate for years. Those 3 changes would also drive us to single payer within 10 years.

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