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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly, the biggest problem is that there is no US health system. There are many separate systems not properly regulated, whose purpose is not to provide care (even though many amazing people in these systems are super devoted to patient care -- the "system" isn't built for that). COVID highlighted this x1B. But I shouldn't get started on that or I'll spend my whole workday on this... The painful thing is that the world knows how to fix this problem and many countries did, but, heck, why learn from other countries, we're America, no?

For this letter, Anthem (the insurance company providing BCBS and CareFirst) and Hopkins are giants and will each lose big $$$ if they break the relationship between them. They are now playing chicken for the bargaining. Most likely they'll reach an agreement unless Buzz gets his foot stuck in the car door (“Rebel without a Cause” ref, which I guess reveals my age).

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Agree with everything you said.[b] First step would be to not have employer based health insurance I[/b]MO.
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x100  OR expand medicare as an option.  Economies of scale and purchasing power.

And yes, we need more regulation in the health industry in terms of cost.  That is the only way to stop the price gouging and crazy medical bills.[/quote]

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