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What share? Actual state-of-the-art procedures aren't covered by insurance, and the best doctors and surgeons will not accept insurance, period. They've separated themselves from the system.
No, costs are out of control because Jamal and Jose go to the ER for literally everything because hospitals can't refuse patients. Demanding payment from them is like drawing blood from a rock, which is why they pass on the costs to everyone else.
Meanwhile, the people that aren't ultra-rich or gibsmedats don't know how much a procedure costs until after it's happened, so we have "insurance" forced on us to "negotiate" on our behalf.
I'm working as tech support for a medical billing company right now, and I can confirm, there are absolutely insane amounts of charges that just get written off because there's nothing that they can do to get the deadbeats to pay up.
The fact that hospitals use "medical billing companies" instead of an in-house Billing/Accounts Receivable desk just shows how absolutely mired in bureaucracy healthcare is.
It's pretty ridiculous. I don't mind the tech support stuff, but I absolutely abhor all the bureaucracy and red tape I have to help with. It's all so pointless.