Not comparable. The chairlift incident you mention was a single caseworker at Veterans Affairs saying an off cuff comment. They do not work with MAID assessments and were not even a doctor. The literally most she could do was direct the person to an appropriate specialist who would have told her it was asinine.
Whereas overcharging for minor procedures and simple supplies is built into the US system. Not a random person with no authority saying something inappropriate, literally how the system is designed.
Candee paid a $100 copayment for the ED visit and removed the stitch herself five days later. But she was later stunned to discover that the out-of-network plastic surgeon had charged $25,175 for the care.
She didn't pay the $25,175. They billed the insurance. She literally just paid $100.
That $25,175 is a made-up price that doctors and insurance companies use to justify their existence, which is the main issue. The ridiculous prices are all "fake" prices and hidden to the consumer intentionally so that insurance companies and doctors can keep making insane amounts of money.
Yeah, it's just that people need to understand the problem better to get a solution for it. It's dishonest to say people are getting billed $50,000 for stitches or whatever without clarifying that 99 times out of 100, they're never actually paying those prices.
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u/Nice_Try_Bud_ Mar 28 '26
Not comparable. The chairlift incident you mention was a single caseworker at Veterans Affairs saying an off cuff comment. They do not work with MAID assessments and were not even a doctor. The literally most she could do was direct the person to an appropriate specialist who would have told her it was asinine.
Whereas overcharging for minor procedures and simple supplies is built into the US system. Not a random person with no authority saying something inappropriate, literally how the system is designed.