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In reply to the discussion: Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France [View all]Rosa Luxemburg
(28,627 posts)54. and dentists like you to have bad teeth
it's all about moneymaking
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Insurance companies can refuse to pay inflated prices. That somewhat helps in keeping consumers,
shcrane71
Mar 2012
#8
Doctor rates for non-insurance people are higher than insurance people - dramatically.
cbdo2007
Mar 2012
#17
The film Sicko interviewed a British doctor who was making about $150,000 a year under socialized
aint_no_life_nowhere
Mar 2012
#20
I read somewhere, tho, that France is having trouble finding enuf qualified doctors.
Honeycombe8
Mar 2012
#29
at one prominent hospital in Canada, average wait time for knee surgery is 109 days.
crimsonblue
Mar 2012
#16
And in the US, you'll die a miserably, painful death for not having insurance.
shcrane71
Mar 2012
#48
Exactly, smaug (and I love your name - Smaug is awesome, and wicked witty) Benedict Cumberbatch
anneboleyn
Mar 2012
#25
The waits are longer in the US for such surgeries for people without health coverage
CreekDog
Mar 2012
#36
They do one MRI then charge per view which is nothing more than virtual unbundling of
Lint Head
Mar 2012
#14
I bet the janitors are equally qualified. Here's a link to some salaries. Generally make less in Fra
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#39
The easiest most noticable way to cut outgo is to pay providers less.It's happened to me, as a nurse
uppityperson
Mar 2012
#43
One thing I've noticed since more people are getting stuck with high out of pocket plans is that
dflprincess
Mar 2012
#56