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A comment on U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem. Parent comment

Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by HarryHirsch on Monday July 10, 2017 @07:22PM (#14740464)
Hey, that's wonderful. Price transparency is always touted as the panacea for the relentless runaway growth in healthcare costs in the States. Here's the natural experiment. Has this law managed to rein in healthcare costs?

You'd think it hasn't, and the missing focus on outcomes gives it away.

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Re:U.S. health care's widespread overbilling problem by Dove on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @10:42AM (#14744553)
I don't think most people know about it. It's helped rein in healthcare costs in this household at least, though? ;)
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