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Originally Posted by cuervo72
Probably whenever "everything" got into the "serious" price range.
(Wife got imaging done last month when she had kidney stones. That by itself was like $500. And I think that was required both before and after surgery.)
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But which came first? I mean, did prices rise & drive it there, or did insurance become more & more a "anything & everything" and drive prices up.
And, just to be clear, I'm legit asking. I grew up in an era when, say, your standard office visit stuff never involved insurance. You showed up, paid your bill (even if that meant making multiple payments). I know it shifted obviously but I don't actually remember when/how that happened.