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littlexsparkee 8 hours ago

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 8 hours ago | parent [-]

But why does the arbitrator deem $22k/hour reasonable? What the fuck is happening at that point?