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How much health insurers pay for almost everything is about to go public

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  1. AugustusFerdinand
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    As someone who's (thankfully now previous) career was in healthcare, I'm expecting people/news stories to begin to realize how very little insurance actually pays for things and especially how...

    Starting July 1, health insurers and self-insured employers must post on websites just about every price they've negotiated with providers for health care services, item by item. About the only exclusion is the prices paid for prescription drugs, except those administered in hospitals or doctors' offices.

    As someone who's (thankfully now previous) career was in healthcare, I'm expecting people/news stories to begin to realize how very little insurance actually pays for things and especially how much money they don't pay to the physician population that is the most necessary/needed PCPs.

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