You Knew This All Along, Right?

Remember all the hype about moving medical records from paper records to the digital world? It was guaranteed to save us billions. At least that's what people said.

Better healthcare and savings. Microsoft and Apple to the rescue. Electrons would revolutionize the world.

The thing is that the digital world just hasn't been able to change human nature. Studies are now showing that going digital has enabled your health provider, your doctor and your hospital, with easier methods of over charging you, your insurance company and Medicare.

According to today's New York Times, "Hospitals received $1 billion more in medicare reimbursements in 2010 than they did five years earlier, at least in art by changing the billing codes they assign to patients in emergency rooms" because they find it easy to do so in a digital world.

And you thought these people had dedicated themselves to helping you. Turns out, they've dedicated themselves to helping themselves to our money.