Comment on AI-backed medical debt company claims payment plans can help US healthcare costs
scratchee@feddit.uk 2 weeks agoI’ve wondered before if someone could start an “uninsurance” company which makes the same deals with hospitals that insurance providers do, but charges its customers almost nothing and just lets the customer pay their deal price. I guess the hospitals would catch on and refuse to deal eventually…
muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Hospitals would likely be fine with it. The health insurance industry would not though and would pressure the hospital to cut you off. It’s illegal. But they would do it anyway. You would need serious fuck you money to change this. And even then, probably a lot of Luigis too.