Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by jartelt on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:41PM
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Maybe it would help, or maybe it would do the opposite. Having an HSA and seeing prices upfront can also make one not go to doctor because they do not want to drain their HSA. This can cause people to skip preventative care steps and to not nip potential problems in the bud before they get bad (and expensive). A lot of diseases/conditions are much cheaper to cure/fix if you catch them early, so maybe you don't want to incentivize people to stay away from the doctor.
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And if more and more people were not going to the doctor, the providers would lower the price (to some degree no?)
Re:YC Research: Universal Healthcare
by Sanddancer on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @07:09PM
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Or they raise their prices to get money out of a smaller pool of subscribers. Medical care has a pretty inelastic demand curve.