Comment by kgwgk

> private insurance companies are incentivized to make things cost as much as possible

> will arbitrarily reject a percentage of procedures that they know they should be accepting in order to keep their profit margin in the right range

So which one is it? Do they want to spend more or less?

> i don't think it's a coincidence that we have some of the highest prices and some of the worst outcomes.

It’s not a coincidence either that doctor compensation is one of the highest in the world.