OverchargedCharles Silver
Overcharged
by Charles Silver · first published 2018
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Check out the book Overcharged if you want a fairly quick read that explains the healthcare scam from top to bottom https://www.amazon.com/Overcharged-Americans-Much-Health-Car... Easiest way to get rich in America is to start a health…
on “How a $175 covid-19 test led to $2,479 in charges” ↗I can’t recommend the book Overcharged enough if you really want to understand what is wrong with American healthcare. The answer is basically everything, but the fee-per-service billing model and third-party billing that obfuscates prices…
on “Hospitals to launch their own drug company to fight high prices and shortages” ↗I will link to this book over and over: "Overcharged" explains the American medical system and its problems in great detail. Cannot recommend it more. Price obfuscation, third-party payments, and government interference have warped the medical system in…
on “Why Is College in America So Expensive?” ↗I will link to this book over and over: "Overcharged" explains the American medical system and its problems in great detail. Cannot recommend it more. Price obfuscation, third-party payments, and government interference have warped the medical system in…
on “Drug Pricing System Used by Middlemen” ↗If you want an extremely accurate and often hilarious book on what’s wrong with healthcare, I recommend “Overcharged”. If anything it taught me that everything is negotiable with health insurance. https://www.amazon.com/Overcharged-Americans-Much-Health-Car...
on “July 2018 Median Household Income in the U.S.” ↗Healthcare is expensive and getting more so because of over reliance on insurance and government imposed restrictions on supply. See "Overcharged" for a detailed summary of the issues: https://www.amazon.com/Overcharged-Americans-Much-Health-Car...
on “Employer health plans are getting pricier and skimpier” ↗There is enormous money in fleecing government programs, particularly medicade / medicare, and it's a lot easier if you control many touchpoints (ambulance, urgent care, specialists, etc.). The book Overcharged describes many of the common scams https://www.amazon.com/Overcharged-Americans-Much-Health-Car... Organized crime has moved out of overtly sleezy industries like gambling into much more profitable ones.
on “Stamping Out Online Sex Trafficking May Have Pushed It Underground” ↗