05-08-2013, 04:07 PM
cbelt3 wrote: But this clearly illustrates the complexity issues surrounding providing services. And it's not just hospitals or doctors. Every organization has a different cost structure, and different price points for what may even be the same effective service.
You seem to be buying into the smoke, mirrors and FUD that the heatlhcare providers use to overcharge us. This "it's too complicated, you could never understand" meme is just a smokescreen to hide behind. Hospitals are just like any other business. They have services to render, staff to pay, supplies to buy, and overhead. It's been well documented that there are healthcare providers out there who overcharge for services and/or overprescribe unnecessary services just to add to the profits. Transparency and standardization of billing are direly needed if we're ever to get the out-of-control healthcare business back to some level of sanity and service to the citizenry.