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Re:Three Levels of Wealth by paulddraper on Thursday August 02, 2018 @12:56PM (#17673081)
Healthcare is expensive largely because the decision-maker does not foot most of the bill.

If you have a universal healthcare system that would require mandatory prices.

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Re:Three Levels of Wealth by dragonwriter on Thursday August 02, 2018 @01:03PM (#17673158)
> Healthcare is expensive largely because the decision-maker does not foot most of the bill.

No, it's not, at least that's not the reason it's uniquely high cost in the US compared to the rest of the developed world, because that's not a differentiating factor.

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Re:Three Levels of Wealth by paulddraper on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:16PM (#17673974)
Kindly help me understand my error.

Is there anywhere where (1) prices aren't fixed (2) one party decides which healthcare services to receive (3) a different party pays the bills and (4) cost is significantly less than in the US?

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