CSPAN Washington This Week July 6, 2013
Stephen kicked off the debate in a recent and widely read article for Time Magazine where he delved into the absurd hospital charge master, revealing a hospital pricing model as absurd, they charge the highest prices to the people who are least likely to pay them, the uninsured. He pointed out his point of view that the only force disciplining it is medicare, which still guarantees wide access and quality medical care for beneficiaries. We could bring more to the system and save patients a lot of heartache and expense. In rebuttal, he says our system is so dysfunctional because medicare distor...