You want Obamacare? Get ready to pay through the nose.

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So, one of my parents got a moderate gash in the hand because of broken glass. The local hospital charged $445 to a private insurer for two visits. The final cost a $50 copay for both visits.

I would have paid much less if I had that gash, because I'm on the free public insurance. The hospital would not have gotten this enormous compensation, effectively.

This is Massachusetts. Obamacare will probably be just as terrible in inflating costs and marginalizing insurer "bargaining" power to the point that the hospital (or clinic, or what have you) can charge absurd amounts for relatively miniscule operations. How does this save money?