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This two-tiered payment system is a quintessential example of how today’s health-care interests are exploiting government policy to make millions of dollars off the backs of everyday Americans.
Consider the plight of Kyunghee Lee. For years, the retired Ohio dry cleaner had been receiving annual $30 injections to relieve her arthritis. But when her doctor’s office moved up a single floor, her bill increased more than tenfold, NPR reported. That’s because one of Ohio’s largest hospital systems had acquired her physician’s practice, so her routine injection now came with a $1,262 facility fee. Medicare paid most of the $1,394 bill, but Lee was responsible for $354.