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Nobody pays that. It's a pre-negotiation price that exists as a factor of many other costs and payments to various stakeholders like PBMs.
by 42772827 1y ago
Nobody pays that. It's a pre-negotiation price that exists as a factor of many other costs and payments to various stakeholders like PBMs.
- vjvjvjvjghv 1y ago“Nobody pays that” I hate this so much. Nobody knows how much anything costs. What kind of market is this?
- bobthepanda 1y agoHealth insurance in the US is specifically mostly not a market, because your employer picks your health insurance for you.
- TuringNYC 1y agoAlso, markets are supposed to have associated prices. In US healthcare you learn the price later, sometimes weeks or months later, in the form of balance billing. For those not in the US -- you pay six ways: 1 - Premium 2 - Co-Pay 3 - Deductible 4 - Co-Insurance 5 - Balance Billing -- you dont learn the full cost until weeks/months later 6 - Non-covered items -- you dont learn the full cost until weeks/months later
- NekkoDroid 1y ago> Nobody knows how much anything costs. Slightly off topic, but I have this exact feeling every time I visit the US and buy stuff in a store. "Sorry, we don't include tax in the price that is displayed, so you'll need to either figure that out in your head or just pull the slot machine of what you are actually gonna pay at the register." And don't give me the "taxes are different from place to place" cuz the store ain't gonna change place while I am in it. So much is just psychological warfare in the US, which just has no reason to be...
- fc417fc802 1y agoSure that mildly annoys me but does it really matter? Everything in the store is taxed according to the relevant laws for the region. It's not as though this TV will have 10% tax but that TV will have 50% tax. They'll both be taxed according to the item category they fall under. It's not as though most people are in a position to shop around when it comes to tax authorities.
- vjvjvjvjghv 1y agoIt would be nice to know how much something costs before you pay.
- cm2012 1y agoAmericans just do the quick math for their locale for taxes, not nearly the same thing as opaque medical fees.
- bee_rider 1y agoI don’t think that it generally true. At least, I just wait to get to the register to discover how much I’ll be spending. I mean it is usually within 20% or so of the advertised cost. It is a pretty stupid system.
- bee_rider 1y agoIt’s just dishonest, and it makes it difficult to guess how much you are spending before you get to the register.
- beAbU 1y agoThe entire rest of the world has figure out how to include tax in the label price of items on retail store shelves.
- vjvjvjvjghv 1y agoDon't forget to add the ever increasing expected tip in ever increasing number of venues.