Funny how rates were one thing until insurance. Then you paid the insurance and the same to the doctor (doctor rates went up). Then HMO, PPOs etc. Seems it still costs as much out of pocket. Example: friend was bitten by a snake. Cost Cost, before insurance: $83,639 Cost, after insurance: $1,476 !! IT costs as much with insurance now as it used to cost many years ago before insurance. Then again, doctors used to make house calls when I was little.
Funny how rates were one thing until insurance. Then you paid the insurance and the same to the doctor (doctor rates went up). Then HMO, PPOs etc. Seems it still costs as much out of pocket. Example: friend was bitten by a snake. Cost Cost, before insurance: $83,639 Cost, after insurance: $1,476 !! IT costs as much with insurance now as it used to cost many years ago before insurance. Then again, doctors used to make house calls when I was little.