The prices of items in a grocery store are typically clearly marked so that customers know exactly what they’re going to pay when they get to the register. Similar practices, however, do not apply to the U.S. private healthcare industry, where little regulation on hospital rates and a lack of transparency mean many patients are purchasing…
Large medical bills only getting larger, study finds
And now out here in the wild west, BCBS wants to raise their rates . . . ‘significantly.’ My copay is already designed to be enough to qualify for a tax deduction. Gold plan my ass.