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directfiesta, nobody has to pay for it. At least not the govt.
If that were true, then these giant corporations that own the hospitals wouldn't always be making record profits.
Here in the U.S. they price gouge. Then that allows the insurance company to claim that they were presented with a certain amount for the bill.
Then there are no real "negotiations". There is a "real" price that is hidden from the consumer. And that's what the insurance company pays out to the hospital. And then the insurance company uses the fake price-gouged price to raise your premiums on you.
No, they don't "negotiate" millions and millions of hospital bills. The hospital DOES have real pricing. They just don't show it to consumers.
If anything, an argument could be made that the high prices that hospitals charge are caused by non-insured people skipping on their bills.
But IF that were true (which it isn't...as I said RECORD profits for these giant hospital corporations), then we should all be seeing the price of procedures in hospitals go WAY DOWN thanks to Obamacare.
Guess what? They haven't. So that excuse is not valid either (though I already knew that).
Anyway, no...the govt. doesn't "bailout" the hospital industry every day. Matter of fact, I'm unaware that the hospital corporations have ever needed govt. money. They are rolling in money...just like the insurance companies are.
As for net neutrality. I first heard of it and said "Yeah, this is what's needed".
Then I saw a discussion from adult industry leaders on Xbiz saying that "NO" it was not what it seemed.
And now it seems that since Republicans have come out against it...it's the "good" thing to have this bill pass (just because Republicans don't want it)
The politicians and the media seem to be real good at taking what should be simple...and make it a confusing issue.
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