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Simply because we are talking about the orange regime here, there is a roughly 100% chance of at least one of the following:
So, no, despite the wrapping paper, I do not believe this will actually end up being Uplifting News.
They are trying a ham fisted attempt at making medical care cheaper. The reality is they are undoubtedly playing into the hands of a special interest that wants this data to be accurate.
Just like Kennedy's MAHA health care information grab, this is probably some scheme to eventually replace medical care with AI.
“The evasive action was just to flood the zone with so much information that instead of enlightening the process, it actually obscured it further,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at an event Monday.
That has been the hallmark of this entire fucking administration, himself included. Their every accusation is an admission.
exactly, i doubt it’s coincidence that they use the words “flood the zone” which turns towards fourth wall is literally the name of trump’s media strategy
Well, that’s an obvious fucking lie
i mean, midterms are coming
Not to be a Debbie Downer but I think it's more like blackmail.
Give us boatloads of money or we will expose how you're rat fucking people.
Yeah, to finish sh that headline "...if they were applied universally and impartially"
Trump aside, this is good. Healthcare prices are intentionally obscure and inaccurate in the US.
For any given procedure or equipment, the manufacturer/provider will have a price called the "billed amount". This is a fictional number that serves as a negotiating position. The insurance company has an "allowable" which is what they've negotiated with providers to actually pay. Every year the insurance companies and medical providers negotiate on the actual price. So providers are incentivized to inflate their costs in hopes of getting a better deal.
Usually, the difference between the billed and the allowable vanishes. But the patient may be on the hook, depending on circumstances. I know people with decades of experience in the industry who still get confused and struggle dealing with insurers.
The moral of the story is that if you ever have to pay medical costs out of pocket, the first thing you should do is ask to reduce the prices from the fictional and inflated "billable" down to an "allowable" amount, usually using Medicare's allowable as a standard.
I count my lucky stars that I have great insurance and it's actually self insurance for the company.
I was in the hospital for a month and had a bone marrow transplant. Cost = $686,000. My OOP = $1310. I'll take that deal.
Wow. I hope you're doing well now.
Ty. I feel good. Today is 90 days post transplant.
Very little coverage on this one; it's been a longstanding issue. Anybody extracted the executive order text/rule change?
it’s linked in the first paragraph of the article: https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-20447.pdf
Thank you. I really can't read it seems.