Hospitals, Big Pharma and Insurers Strike a Deal to Lower Prices, Be Transparent, and Give Money Back to the People
In an amazing announcement, that even stunned me, the Medical Axis of Evil has turned into the Medical Axis of Good. Representatives of the Hospital Industry, Big Pharma and the Insurance Industry have spent the last few months in secret and came to the conclusion that they cannot lie anymore. After months of negotiations they have decided on three initiatives:
- Lower Prices – they were each able to remove all fake fluff they put into their pricing structure, including exorbitant CEO salaries, and bring down cost almost 96%!
- Be Transparent – they decided they will all show the real prices to the public and it will be consistent for all, without backroom deals or confusing advertising tactics.
- Give Money Back to the People – in a major surprise they even decided to go back into their books and give patients back all the excessive profits over the last 10 years.
Wow, this is incredible news. I don’t even know what to say. You can see the full article here.
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LMAO!
Yeah, right Doug. Happy April Fool’s to you too!
It was the written apology which I received from the insurers that move me to tears. You go, corporate bros! tearful fist bump
I really do not believe this article given it is April Fool’s Day
It would be wonderful however.
Today, the ABME announced it will no longer require MOC or re-testing. All current diplomates will be grandfathered in to be certified in their specialty in perpetuity. New candidates will take one test only to be board certified for life.
And when I woke up this AM, I found the IRS had matched all my 401K contributions dollar for dollar, meaning I can retire early!
I actually believed you for a few seconds…until there was no link to a Newspaper article which you always provide for news stories…then I remembered the date. But you did get me at first!
And, in other news, I woke up this morning to get ready for work, and found that someone had paid all my student loans…