• The NYT has a good discussion (with examples) of the byzantine intricacies of US hospital billing practices. Hospital data seems deliberately obscured by interested parties (typically both hospitals and insurers). The money being made by third parties is often spent lobbying to prevent health care reform, especially any form of the feared universal single party health insurance. Read “Hospitals and Insurers Didn’t Want You to See These Prices. Here’s Why.” by Sarah Kliff and Josh Katz.
