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		ars on May 1, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1k That wouldn't help anything. At the end of the day even if you mixed them in, the same number of people would visit hospitals. So hospital utilization would not change. Remember I'm talking about the payment for any particular procedure, not the number of procedures an average person has.

r00fus on May 2, 2019 [–]

It would help for costs, which is what you mentioned above.

I know from when I was healthy individual in my 20s, that I tried to avoid doctors visits as much as I could - even though I had killer coverage (90-95%).

I still paid premiums (well my company did) but I simply didn't go.

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