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Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by tmaly on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @03:18PM (#14303034)
Karl provides more detail in his write up than I could cover, and he links to two US Supreme Court cases in regards to the price issue

https://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=231949

Re:Warren Buffett says health care costs are a bigger proble... by dllthomas on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @07:38PM (#14304804)
Interesting, if ranty, hard to follow, and possibly overstated.

For one, there seems a distinction to be made between "publishing" prices and individually receiving a quote in advance of work. If there's a technical sense in which the two are equivalent, I would recommend clarifying in casual conversation.

Those requirements also don't seem (though I could've missed something) to be a part of anti-trust law, per se. The requirement that prices be consistent is, in the cited Robinson-Patman Act (although that seems to only apply if you're crossing state lines?)