[teeray]

My point being that healthcare costs for pets are immediately calculable, where it’s a big damn mystery for months on end about how much equivalent human healthcare will end up costing. Clearly, if the former is possible, the latter should be too.

[SlightlyLeftPad]

Totally agree there. I was simply demonstrating that interaction directly. For a human, it’s “we’ll bill your insurance for that Gabapentin. We’ll need pre-authorization first, assuming it’s covered, you’re out of pocket cost will be your copay of $25 plus 20% coinsurance of whatever number the insurance company decided it should cost assuming you’ve met your deductible.” Me: “what’s the cash price without insurance?” Cashier: “$30”

It’s basically the Kohl’s pricing model except there’s no hope of ever finding out what that single bottle of meds will cost until you’ve completely forgotten it 6 months later and you get a bill for $600.