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by kevin_thibedeau 3224 days ago
> negotiated rate is less than the average private insurer for any given procedure, which is pretty impressive

Not very impressive considering the average prices everybody else pays are artificially inflated by collusion among the medical industry middlemen. That's how we end up with $500 Epipens and then get a "steal" of a discount for only $300.