[Magdalen] An interesting medical bill breakdown.

[Jay Weigel]

Don't get me started on Big Pharma. Just don't.

On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 12:42 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

> >>>Wow. My beloved gets an infusion every two weeks that would cost (if
> out of
> pocket) $20,000. Really? What rate does the insurance company negotiate?
> (TBTG) for insurance.<<<
>
> My Blue Cross contract is an 80/20 one, with certain individual items with
> their own negotiated rates, etc.  I don't pretend to understand it at all,
> I just know my union (SEIU) makes sure I have good insurance.  (At 50 years
> of age, I'm now fairly certain I'll never be debt-free ever again, but
> that's okay, thanks to zero-percent credit cards -- "self-consolidation", I
> call it).  Out of ~$15k, I paid only $1000, roughly 6.5%  I only just now
> calculated that.  Such... a... deal.
>