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3 hours ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

The ACA relies heavily on economies of scale to bring the whole world of medical costs down, making it more in step with capitalist strategy than socialist strategy. The government would simply come to the private medical industry with a huge cache of potential customers and ask private industry to compete for their business. This is how $4,000 hip joints turn into $900 hip joints. Just as it does elsewhere in the free enterprise system.

 

But the GOP was so deep in denying Obama they sabotaged the ACA, bled out the economy of scale, and happily declared it a failure. And socialism. 

 

In a simpler world, the same GOP could have taken credit for steering Obama and America away from Single Payer and into the ACA, which had essentially been authored and endorsed by Republicans since the Nixon administration. 

Where can you get a hip joint for only $4,000 let alone $900?

 

Or was that just an example of economies of scale? Hell, Im due for a colonoscopy again and the last time was pushing $5k. Without getting graphic, we all know how petty that is compared to actual surgery. Pretty sure any joint replacement would make that look like chicken feed.

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15 minutes ago, JJ Husker said:

Where can you get a hip joint for only $4,000 let alone $900?

 

Or was that just an example of economies of scale? Hell, Im due for a colonoscopy again and the last time was pushing $5k. Without getting graphic, we all know how petty that is compared to actual surgery. Pretty sure any joint replacement would make that look like chicken feed.

Maybe 4k just for the prosthetic? :dunno

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1 hour ago, JJ Husker said:

Where can you get a hip joint for only $4,000 let alone $900?

 

Or was that just an example of economies of scale? Hell, Im due for a colonoscopy again and the last time was pushing $5k. Without getting graphic, we all know how petty that is compared to actual surgery. Pretty sure any joint replacement would make that look like chicken feed.

 

 

Hmmm. I remembered those numbers from an article on the subject about 7 years ago. Gonna see if I can find it. 

 

They were talking about the piece of equipment, not the surgery itself. As I recall, it was the wild west pricing of medical equipment that set the tone for out-of-control healthcare costs, as insurance companies never lifted a finger to negotiate costs, just spread them around. 

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1 hour ago, JJ Husker said:

Where can you get a hip joint for only $4,000 let alone $900?

 

Or was that just an example of economies of scale? Hell, Im due for a colonoscopy again and the last time was pushing $5k. Without getting graphic, we all know how petty that is compared to actual surgery. Pretty sure any joint replacement would make that look like chicken feed.

 

At the same time, do you want to go to a bargain basement provider for colonoscopies?

 

On the other hand.....Jiffy Lube does have a proven model of efficiency. 

 

 

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2 hours ago, ZRod said:

Maybe 4k just for the prosthetic? :dunno

 

1 hour ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

 

Hmmm. I remembered those numbers from an article on the subject about 7 years ago. Gonna see if I can find it. 

 

They were talking about the piece of equipment, not the surgery itself. As I recall, it was the wild west pricing of medical equipment that set the tone for out-of-control healthcare costs, as insurance companies never lifted a finger to negotiate costs, just spread them around. 

Ah okay. Possibly just for the prosthetic…..

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38 minutes ago, Guy Chamberlin said:

 

At the same time, do you want to go to a bargain basement provider for colonoscopies?

 

On the other hand.....Jiffy Lube does have a proven model of efficiency. 

 

 

$4800 out of pocket every 2-3 years…….give me Jiffy Lube. Heck they may not even require the pre evacuation procedure.

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7 minutes ago, knapplc said:

What a narcissistic nutbar. 

 

 

 

 

He's a chicken s#!t.  If he really wanted to do the martyr thing and make America great again he'd do the self-immolation thing at his speech in Waco ala Thích Quảng Đức. 

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