In a market where competition isn't relevant, the price of things is whatever you can get someone to pay for it.
The genius part is that the negotiations that determine how much they can get away with charging completely excludes the consumer. Two for-profit entities, with no mandate to actually provide care, decide how much they should pay each other.
And they decide that you'll pay a percentage of what they pay each other. Which you also have no say in.
The genius part is that the negotiations that determine how much they can get away with charging completely excludes the consumer. Two for-profit entities, with no mandate to actually provide care, decide how much they should pay each other.
And they decide that you'll pay a percentage of what they pay each other. Which you also have no say in.