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Re:Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us (2013) [pdf] by ScottBurson on Sunday November 13, 2016 @08:37PM (#12946898)
I agree with most of this, but

> We should outlaw the chargemaster.

I don't know how that would work. My thought was to require it to be published.

Re:Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us (2013) [pdf] by novalis78 on Sunday November 13, 2016 @09:33PM (#12947119)
That's when we built pricepain.com in 2013 ... The article definitly inspired several efforts to allow market forces to operate by facilitating price transparency.
Re:Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us (2013) [pdf] by darod on Sunday November 13, 2016 @11:27PM (#12947567)
Or rather the chargemaster should at least be based on the price you could purchase an item on Amazon.