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- locustsloth0
Dr.B, did you happen to listen to last Sunday's This American Life? Interesting segment at the end about how the way hospitals force deals with insurance companies (differnt prices for same procedures between hospitals and areas) either drive prices up or cause the companies who have a smaller share to drop coverage in certain areas. The expert postulated that the public option may not be that great beacuse increasing the amount of competitiion would do more of the same.
i guess the state of Maryland dictates the prices for all the procedures performed so that insurance companies are actually on a level playing field.
It was interesting to hear a different LOGICAL perspective for me, as someone who would like to see a public option.http://www.thisamericanlife.org/…
(act 4 is what i'm talkin bout)