FIRE'd@51
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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- Aug 28, 2006
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(I still can't wrap my head around the fact that people without insurance paid more. I had gall bladder surgery a couple of years ago and what the insurer paid was a small fraction of the billed cost).
I struggled with this for many years, as well, and finally was able to justify it in my own mind as simply a benefit of paying into the system by purchasing the insurance (even a high deductible policy). Even if the policy never pays a dime, one still benefits from the negotiated rates.