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Originally Posted by kutulu
I'm not talking about shopping around for a cheaper hospital. I'm talking about two people going to the same hospital and getting the same service from the same doctors, etc. Everything is the same in the service. The hospital recieves less money by treating the person who has insurance because they have agreements that set prices for services. The uninsured does not have that agreement so they pay whatever inflated cost the hospital comes up with.
As to level 3 maternity ward, it means shit if more babies per capita are dying in American than Cuba.
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Sorry for missing your point, I didn't read well enough while seeing patients on and off, its a slow day.
Cuba rocks, I'm sure there are no factors or fudging of the data going on that would account for the differences.
As for the differences, welcome to the power of bulk buying. The same reason Walmart gets to buy cheaper at wholesale, is why this happens. Its no different the idea of collective bargaining. Its saying 'we will bring you X amount of business but you can't charge more then this'. Because of the amount of business you say yes to it, even though you would want a higher price normally. I have been asked to do this in my office and I refuse to, but a hospital relies a lot more on insurance than I do.