This is great! Typical charge in a hospital for the little plastic cup they bring your meds in can cost you as much as 10 bucks. Probably costs 1/10th of a penny to make them.
from 2001 until 2007 I had a PPO insurance at 30 bucks a paycheck, costs that much for idiots to insure their dogs nowadays... I had cataract implants done in 2004 and that insurance paid 6,000 while I paid 600.
Medical and Insurance are the biggest scams out there by far....
Interesting note: In 2000's I bought Rabies and the 8 in ones the vets charge a fortune for (Plus office visit) at 4 bucks each at an agricultural store.
How is this going to work with Employer Healthcare? Contracts are signed annually between partys and you are locked in. You go out of network- you pay.
I would guess that when they post their prices they can give a breakdown of in-network and out of network prices with the various carriers. They probably have all of that on a spreadsheet somewhere.
I think this will now give ALL employers large and small, options at their fingertips previously unavailable to them.
The crooked union reps or employer accountants that take under-the-table-money from 'Big Insurance' for offering their employees limited, overpriced policies (when better ones are available) won't get to do so without being found out.
The decent employers will now have tools they didn't before, allowing better choices to benefit everyone, making everyone more prosperous.
This should take only one season to self-correct to the companies with the fairer price structures once it becomes transparent and competitive!
I would like the hospitals, doctors offices, etc. should have to only charge at cost for everything, plus overhead, plus profit. Each charged separately on the bill. Thus allowing the government and insurance companies to negotiate the latter two.
Oh, this will start heads spinning while they scream "redrum, redrum!". You think you get an upcharge lately when the waitress simply asks "you want fries with that?", wait'll these come out for the public to see.
The head spinning and screamning isn't because they have to do it, it's because if they list their prices, they will be consistent.
There's all kinds of ways for upcharging, depending on a person's income, the way they dress, what kind of insurance they have, etc.
By hiding their prices, they can charge up to ten times more for certain clients for random reasons for the same procedures. This is gonna make them not happy. And it makes me dance for joy.
As one who worked in home healthcare for over a decade, this is bigger than most imagine.
This changes everything... and for once, to the benefit of the consumer.
This is great! Typical charge in a hospital for the little plastic cup they bring your meds in can cost you as much as 10 bucks. Probably costs 1/10th of a penny to make them.
from 2001 until 2007 I had a PPO insurance at 30 bucks a paycheck, costs that much for idiots to insure their dogs nowadays... I had cataract implants done in 2004 and that insurance paid 6,000 while I paid 600.
Medical and Insurance are the biggest scams out there by far....
Interesting note: In 2000's I bought Rabies and the 8 in ones the vets charge a fortune for (Plus office visit) at 4 bucks each at an agricultural store.
How is this going to work with Employer Healthcare? Contracts are signed annually between partys and you are locked in. You go out of network- you pay.
I would guess that when they post their prices they can give a breakdown of in-network and out of network prices with the various carriers. They probably have all of that on a spreadsheet somewhere.
That's correct and the cash price without insurance.
Yep, go cash.
I think this will now give ALL employers large and small, options at their fingertips previously unavailable to them.
The crooked union reps or employer accountants that take under-the-table-money from 'Big Insurance' for offering their employees limited, overpriced policies (when better ones are available) won't get to do so without being found out.
The decent employers will now have tools they didn't before, allowing better choices to benefit everyone, making everyone more prosperous.
This should take only one season to self-correct to the companies with the fairer price structures once it becomes transparent and competitive!
I would like the hospitals, doctors offices, etc. should have to only charge at cost for everything, plus overhead, plus profit. Each charged separately on the bill. Thus allowing the government and insurance companies to negotiate the latter two.
Oh, this will start heads spinning while they scream "redrum, redrum!". You think you get an upcharge lately when the waitress simply asks "you want fries with that?", wait'll these come out for the public to see.
The head spinning and screamning isn't because they have to do it, it's because if they list their prices, they will be consistent.
There's all kinds of ways for upcharging, depending on a person's income, the way they dress, what kind of insurance they have, etc.
By hiding their prices, they can charge up to ten times more for certain clients for random reasons for the same procedures. This is gonna make them not happy. And it makes me dance for joy.
Nice!
They posted mine in a letter. My UHC supplement went from 339.00 to 410.00. My wife's went up to 140.00.
He means what doctors, hospitals, surgery centers, etc charge for services, MRIs, IVs, drugs, etc.
I know. I was just venting about the letter I got today!
My work only has 1 company, hard to see how this helps. Are they talking about obamacare?