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Founder/CEO @prenuvo. Saving lives, quantifying health, transforming healthcare. Aussie.Fmr @disney, @tapulous, @McKinsey. tweet ≠ med advice #longevity #cancer
Jan 12 8 tweets 2 min read
Why does insurance pay $2,500 for an MRI when the same scan costs $350 down the street?

It’s not incompetence. It’s leverage.

(1/8) In many cities, 1–2 health systems control the ER, ICU, trauma care, and most specialists.

Insurers must include them in-network—or the plan is dead on arrival.

That negotiating power spills into everything.

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