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Investigative Journalist @FullMeasureNews *Note* RTs not=endorsement; RTs may be interesting, silly, wrong, outrageous. Question authority. Think for yourself.

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    Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 24

    Sharyl Attkisson Retweeted Miss DeVine

    The outrageously inflated cost of lab tests is addressed in this report I did for @FullMeasureNews One doctor tells how little it *really* costs and explains why she can charge such a tiny amount. http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/outside-obamacare …https://twitter.com/The_IT_Goddess/status/1011057837961859072 …

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    Miss DeVine @The_IT_Goddess
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    I have 2 family members whose doctor gave them a drug test. We were OUTRAGED when we saw they were almost 10k dollars and the insurance company PAID it!!! They are $40 or so at the drug store. Total scam going on and it needs to stop.
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      2. NCFL42 🇺🇸‏ @NCFL42 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        You need at least a catastrophic high deductible plan to cover hospitalizations, in addition to either plan you discussed in your piece.

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      3. Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Jun 24
        Replying to @NCFL42 @FullMeasureNews

        (I think I mentioned that three of the patients profiled still have regular insurance...)

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      1. MakeAmericaSaneAgain‏ @gineob Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        We recently joined Samaritan Ministries. They have resources that help you compare lab costs to get best deal. #sharingWorks

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      1. SaveOurCountry‏ @Got2BeBetterWay Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Contact lenses cost pennies to make and yet they charge a lot of money.

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      1. Sharon‏ @saew44 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Such a promising article, especially for people who are generally healthy and only occasionally visited with a medical problem requiring care by a physician.

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      1. John‏ @gpgob Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Isn't going to get better any time soon as long as we rely on third party payer.

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      1. bfle‏ @bfle12 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        I wa charged $10 for an aspirin

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      1. JMTurney‏ @rascalman4 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Mandated 'Menu pricing', would solve a LOT of Health-care services problems. Capitalism/competition works.

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      1. Dave‏ @RVA_dave Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Sure about what the insurance co paid? Bet the ins co didn't pay the price you saw. Personal experience: wife's knee surgery coded improperly and was denied by ins co, bill came to us +$100k in total......once the error was fixed insurance co accepted, paid under $14k in total

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      1. Miss DeVine‏ @The_IT_Goddess Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Thank you, Sharyl. This has really bothered me and we raised hell over it. Going to read it now!

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      1. LP‏ @ZooMaster76 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        And if INSURANCE will fall for that one, you can imagine who gets drilled when Medicare/Medicaid gets a bill like that.

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      1. Stuart B. Mannefeld‏ @mannfm11 Jun 26
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        There are some independent doctors that will hook you up. I think some of those $100 tests are under $5. The medical industry runs on extortion. Med ins is like liability, which buys legal protection.

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      1. Brian Dickert‏ @briandickert Jun 26
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        I've been in practice for 21 years, have never taken insurance. PS - I find the grey text on your site very hard to read.

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      1. Wally‏ @wall620 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        The price charged and the price paid by insurance companies can be a 10 to 1 ratio. I received a 100k hospital bill that medicare paid 10k.

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      2. Lisa Knott‏ @LisaKnott1 Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Do you think that government-established Medicare & Medicaid was the genesis of today’s health insurance companies? My 79 year old mom said she grew up paying doctors & hospital bills (for births, surgeries, etc) out of their pockets- and the bills weren’t exhorbitant.

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      3. Stuart B. Mannefeld‏ @mannfm11 Jun 26
        Replying to @LisaKnott1 @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        There used to be charity hospitals. They have been taken over by high priced bureaucrats who make more the more they spend. Mom said private room in 1960 was $20. Bet a box of Kleenex wasn't $20 either.

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      4. Stuart B. Mannefeld‏ @mannfm11 Jun 26
        Replying to @mannfm11 @LisaKnott1 and

        OKC surgical Center will do an everything included gallbladder today for about what UT Southwestern billed me in 2005 for interns to do the surgery. The surgeons were minimal compared to the facility charges, which are included at OK

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      1. Mark White‏ @MWsqrd Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Sell CoreLab immediately.

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      1. Brittany Ruiz‏ @brittertwits Jun 24
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Two babies in one week @SharylAttkisson.https://www.gofundme.com/fund-for-baby-dawson-and-alex …

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