Don’t get too worked up over what is billed. The government barely pays for the cost of services. In a number of instances, it doesn’t even do that.
That’s why it’s such a hoot when you hear some government figures saying something like, “Health care providers will simply have to do with less profits.” What profits?
Most hospitals are working on a razor thin margin as it is.
Just ask that political figure who is paying the bills of the illegal alien and the indigent? Say what?????
Amen!
There are many services provided that the government payors don’t come close to covering the actual cost of providing care.
I love when people think hospitals (profit or not for profit) are making money hand over fist. The largest realized profit margin I’ve ever seen in the organizations I’ve worked for was 5.1%
Tens of millions of dollars each and every year are written off as bad debt due to illegals, and this is per hospital in a 5 hospital system in Denver.