problem we have. except in the crazy world of healthcare economics the patients that do pay the charge master bills are the ones that don t have insurance. in your home state there are probably thousands of people being sued by hospitals for charge master prices, the high prices, that causes 61% of the personal bankruptcies in this country. so there s no accountability. there s no rational for it ane nobody can explain it but nobody has to explain it. now that, you know, deductibles are getting higher and people are going to go into insurance exchanges, everybody is starting to think about what healthcare costs because more people have more skin in the game. when they see those prices, you know, there may be the kind of disgust that will cause things to change. how do we fix this, steven? this is out of control and nobody can really even understand it. it s like a language only the we are the only country in the world that decided we want to live under the illusion that
service, the patient is not the one actually paying the bill. the insurance company, the third party, is that part of the real problem we have. except in the crazy world of healthcare economics the patients that do pay the bills are the ones that don t have insurance. in your home state there are probably thousands of people being sued by hospitals for charge master prices, the high prices, that causes 61% of the personal bankruptcies in this country. so there s no accountability. there s no rational for it and nobody can explain it but nobody has to explain it. now that, you know, deductibles are getting higher and people are going to go into insurance exchanges, everybody is starting to think about what healthcare costs because more people have more skin in the game. when they see those prices, you know, there maybe the kind of disgust that will cause things to change. how do we fix this? this is out of control and nobody can really even understand it.
service, the patient is not the one actually paying the bill. the insurance company, the third party, is that part of the real problem we have. except in the crazy world of healthcare economics the patients that do pay the bills are the ones that don t have insurance. in your home state there are probably thousands of people being sued by hospitals for charge master prices, the high prices, that causes 61% of the personal bankruptcies in this country. so there s no accountability. there s no rational for it and nobody can explain it but nobody has to explain it. now that, you know, deductibles are getting higher and people are going to go into insurance exchanges, everybody is starting to think about what healthcare costs because more people have more skin in the game. when they see those prices, you know, there maybe the kind of disgust that will cause things to change. how do we fix this? this is out of control and nobody can really even understand it.
service, the patient is not the one actually paying the bill. the insurance company, the third party, is that part of the real problem we have. except in the crazy world of healthcare economics the patients that do pay the bills are the ones that don t have insurance. in your home state there are probably thousands of people being sued by hospitals for charge master prices, the high prices, that causes 61% of the personal bankruptcies in this country. so there s no accountability. there s no rational for it and nobody can explain it but nobody has to explain it. now that, you know, deductibles are getting higher and people are going to go into insurance exchanges, everybody is starting to think about what healthcare costs because more people have more skin in the game. when they see those prices, you know, there maybe the kind of disgust that will cause things to change. how do we fix this? this is out of control and nobody can really even understand it. it s like a language only t
things and going to the maximum to get most profits. texas, florida, wait a second, texas, florida, california and low price states are rural states, by and large, montana, south dakota have smaller hospitals and have not gone into this the highest place for a heart attack is brooklyn. it s new york city. the other thing to look at is prices for a 77 dollar charge for a box of gauze pads. the next frontier in transparency that counts is not the charge master prices but looking at what hospitals and clinics and outpatient clinics charge insurance companies. you could go to same hospital for the same procedure but if you re insured by aetna, aetna hasn t cut as good a deal with the hospital as united has.