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by irq-1 973 days ago
> Top of that list would be intelligent standardization and regulation of transactional medical billing process.

Medical coding being different between every system, seems like the mechanism used to negotiate prices. Is that correct? Would standardizing on the VA medical coding[1] help, or just force the problem onto doctors to change their coding.

[1] One person told me the VA system was good.