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jimbokunyesterday at 4:51 PM2 repliesview on HN

It’s the doctors.

Insurance company profit margins are capped by law and if anything their incentives are to pay the hospitals less.

US physician salaries are astronomical compared to anywhere else in the world.


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cpburns2009yesterday at 5:41 PM

Profit margins are capped by percentage. That creates the perverse intensive for insurance companies to pursue ever increasing costs in order to increase profits.

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christophilusyesterday at 5:39 PM

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