Thanks. I just read the article. The price of an MRI of $267 amazed me as I paid just over $1,000 for said in 1990. I had it done before back surgery, and; back then there were three doctors who owned the machine. Medicare made a stink over their ownership a few years later. I am reminded of how obesity and diabetes are related. Yesterday,the wife and I spent 5 hours at Vanderbilt. I never cease to be amazed at the body shapes these days. Several women seemed to have large seat cushions attached to their fannies. Seriously, it is not funny, and; I pray these folks get sufficiently disturbed to motivate them. I feel that this nation has got to get back to the protestant work ethic, self reliance, plus much more self control.
Read some of the article. This sentence stopped me in my tracks:
“If p = 1.0 then it is always cheaper to simply pay cash because [cost(operation of the insurance company)] is never zero.”
Beside the point. I might be able to get an expensive drug cheaper without an insurance company in the middle, but if I need it I can’t pay for it regardless of overhead. So I get insurance.