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Healthcare Costs Are Wildly Inconsistent | Raleigh News
Healthcare pricing is a mess—same X-ray costs wildly more at a hospital than a clinic, thanks to hospital acquisitions. Medicare’s new site-neutral payment plan aims to fix this by standardizing prices, saving billions, but the real drama’s in drug pricing. Hospitals buy drugs cheap, markup for Medicare, and now Medicare wants to slash that markup—hospitals say it’ll hurt patients with serious illnesses. The savings? Mostly redirected to outpatient services, not your wallet. It’s a high-stakes game with no clear winner yet, and major carve-outs and debates loom. Listen in comfort:Get a…
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