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by hogFeast 2374 days ago
It is also a little bit more complex than that because, of course, by cost means you underweight the size of the public sector which typically pays far lower prices. As an outside observer, charging the private sector more is a smart way of subsidising the public sector.

(No-one seems to have actually read the article, it says that her insurer would have paid ~$650 if the lab wasn't one owned by the doctor she saw...and, if I understood correctly, the doctor also did a whole bunch of totally unnecessary testing...this looks a bit like plain ol corruption).