$22,000 per Hour: Assistants Use a Legislative Loophole to Outearn Surgeons

I read the article and I'm still not understanding why this happens. It gave a lot of examples and said a lot about what the law was trying to do But why are they getting this much from arbitration and why aren't the surgeons able to do the same?

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littlexsparkee 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Here is the distinction:

> They do it by capitalizing on a law intended to protect patients from surprise billing by providers not in their insurance plan. Under the law, those providers can file for arbitration, where they are able to make a case for much higher payments than they could otherwise receive from health plans.

	▲	ceejayoz 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		But why does the arbitrator deem $22k/hour reasonable? What the fuck is happening at that point?

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sscaryterry 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

https://archive.is/1DH0u

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cyanydeez 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

that loop hole: non-public single payer healthcare.