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Old 05-13-2008, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by World Hegemony View Post
People are paying $400 deductables on emergency room, xrays and cast settings as it is. Plus its much much cheaper than paying for all the insurance costs too. Even if at the beginning it leaves out the lower middle class and the poor, itll give relief to the rest of the middle class and save the need for government-run healthcare.
They might be paying $400, but that is after the hospital's aid worker has helped them do the paper work to get the $3000 bill paid by the government, charity, a write down on the doctor bill, a contribution in kind by a supplier, bringing the bill down to $400.

Of course, part of the reason the hospital bill is so high is they need to pay to have aid workers who spend all their time finding ways for their patients with no assets and little income to get charity aid to pay the bills.
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