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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is everyone blaming the health insurance companies and not the hospitals and their ridiculous charges? Why not blame the doctors who are like “well I could save your life but we’re gonna need $60K to do it.”

It doesn’t make sense. [/quote]

People receive actual care from hospitals and doctors. Sometimes people do blame these entities for the cruelties of the system (and doctors and hospital administrators have received death threats and been murdered for the same reasons) but it's not surprising that a person would be more angry with a health insurance company, which is an unnecessary third party in the healthcare system, than the people and institutions that actually PROVIDE healthcare.

Often doctors and other providers will openly commiserate with patients regarding health insurance. I've had doctors who went out of their way to provide me with helpful info on how to get certain testing covered or ensure I don't get hit with surprise charges for something. I've had admin in hospitals and doctor's offices carefully double check referrals and testing orders to ensure that my appointments and tests will be covered by my insurance, even though this is not strictly their job and in theory I should have to do that myself with my insurance company.

Also while some doctors are paid an incredible amount of money (primarily certain specialists) others are really not paid that much when you consider both the cost and time involved in becoming a doctor. Add in the costs of liability insurance and many doctors (especially in lower paid specialties like internal medicine and pediatrics) are making a lot less than you might think. And that's just attendings -- many doctors you encounter in hospitals are residents or interns and they make way less than you'd think.[/quote]

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