I hear you @roamer_1 but the way things work now the bills consumers see are not even remotely related to what the insurance companies actually pay providers. They are just propaganda to reinforce the idea that the consumer cannot afford to not have insurance.
That's right
@Bigun ... And that's why I avoid modern med like a plague (covid pun intended). They are great for chopping stuff off, and bolting stuff back on, but if you have any sort of long term disability, in my experience, they suck at medicine.
I was on my death bed, doing 20 pills 3x a day for a couple years with no real end in sight... There was a direct miracle involved (praise Yah), but I started getting better when I quit pharma and went to food as med, and native/hillbilly med.'
So now I have a pavlovian aversion to modern med. I hate walking in. The smell of the antiseptic they use in them places jacks my pulse by 20 points. I don't trust em at all.