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EXPOSED: The Real Reason Healthcare is so Expensive in America

Valuetainment

CHAPTER

The Price We Pay

Researchers from the University of Iowa called 101 US hospitals on prices from the same type of hard bypass operations. Only 53 provided the price varied from $44,000 to $448,000. Hospital officials confess that they inflate bills each year in order to generate more revenue since the insurance companies pay. Medicare and Medicaid underpayments were $100 billion up from $75.8 billion in 2019.

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