Colonoscopy $1850 $233.01 $1616.99
Pathology for above $330 $56.54 $218.99
X-Rays $267 $98.95 $143.32
Other X-Rays $318 $227.34 $90.66
Now, in a cost cutting measure that is sure to help the system, Medicare is scheduled to cut the payments to physicians by 10% in 2008
And so it continues, there is still no such thing as a free lunch. Universal healthcare, single-payer system will save the country considerable money and considerable pain and misery - but it has to be done right. Closely check the specifics of any plan of a candidate you expect to vote for. It it is like this, everybody loses except the insurance companies.
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