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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by creaghpatr on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @01:32PM (#16923917)
The US is required to treat all critical condition patients under EMTALA since 1986. So the market does not currently decide in the current setting.
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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by boxy310 on Wednesday April 25, 2018 @02:15PM (#16924392)
What would you propose as being a "market-decides" approach to health care, beyond abolishing any-party insurers and revert to a 19th-century model?
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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by creaghpatr on Thursday April 26, 2018 @08:55AM (#16931402)
19th century healthcare was relatively affordable, or at least the costs were streamlined and transparent.

Perhaps keep 3rd party insurance but ban it as an employment perk, that would incentivize the market to play to the greater public instead of just white collar salaried employees.

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