Comments on: Reasonable and Customary Charges http://emptormaven.com/2008/02/reasonable-and-customary-charges/ Oiling the Gears of Capitalism with Information Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:36:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: federalist http://emptormaven.com/2008/02/reasonable-and-customary-charges/comment-page-1/#comment-370 federalist Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:36:41 +0000 http://consumermaven.wordpress.com/?p=64#comment-370 <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124597297859757163.html" rel="nofollow">Interesting note from an Op-Ed in today's WSJ</a> backs up the idea of paying insurance companies solely for their administrative expertise: <blockquote> [W]hat "insurance" firms actually sell to large employers -- which account for the single largest segment of the entire health-care market -- is usually administrative services, not actual insurance. (Large companies are not insured; they pay benefits directly.) </blockquote> Interesting note from an Op-Ed in today’s WSJ backs up the idea of paying insurance companies solely for their administrative expertise:

[W]hat “insurance” firms actually sell to large employers — which account for the single largest segment of the entire health-care market — is usually administrative services, not actual insurance. (Large companies are not insured; they pay benefits directly.)

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