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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by dctoedt on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @01:10PM (#16923677)
Deregulation might work if all market participants behaved like angels. But few people do, and so over time deregulation tends to result in cutthroat behavior, consolidation, and price increases.
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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by cft on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @01:36PM (#16923970)
Airline tickets are cheapest ever, and that's despite the fact that relative to biotech which is the fastest evolving field currently, airplane technology has been practically stagnant since the deregulation
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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by kaibee on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:43PM (#16924677)
It is much easier to compare airline tickets than hospitals/medical procedures. The worst case scenario for choosing wrong in the first case is a flight you're uncomfortable on and overpaid for.
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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by dctoedt on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:55PM (#16924831)
Airlines are still heavily regulated on safety-related issues. (That might be the sweet spot.)
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