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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by creaghpatr on Thursday April 26, 2018 @09:06AM (#16931483)
They did not ask 'what', they asked 'if' an alternative exists, invoking the classic 'dying in the streets' motif.

>Is there a reasonable alternative? I'm not trolling, but letting people die of treatable maladies doesn't seem like the right move.

I answered a tautological statement with a tautological question based on the logic the poster omitted.

Can you tell me who besides the government or the market (ie consumers) will prevent people from 'dying in the streets'? Perhaps by kidnapping another country's doctors and compelling them to provide care...

>I'm not trolling

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Re:Medicare will require hospitals to post prices online by darkerside on Friday April 27, 2018 @12:54AM (#16938525)
I'm a little offended that you'd assume my question to be tautological, by which I in turn assume you mean rhetorical. Seems to have generated some good discussion.
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