Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills
by tivert on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @05:16PM
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>> You simply don't get to "shop around" for emergency services
> You do actually, by where you choose to live
That's wrong on so many different levels:
1) The emergency service provider is unlikely to tell you how much anything costs in reality ahead of time.
2) Not all emergency services providers offer the best price for all services, or are even equipped offer all services.
3) Many medical emergencies are completely unexpected, you have no idea what kinds of services you'll actually need in an emergency.
4) You're not really talking about "where you choose to live," but rather "where you choose to be at all times." Do you really have a choice of ER if you have to stay within a couple miles of it at all times to make sure you'd always be taken there in an emergency?
> You do actually, by where you choose to live
That's wrong on so many different levels:
1) The emergency service provider is unlikely to tell you how much anything costs in reality ahead of time.
2) Not all emergency services providers offer the best price for all services, or are even equipped offer all services.
3) Many medical emergencies are completely unexpected, you have no idea what kinds of services you'll actually need in an emergency.
4) You're not really talking about "where you choose to live," but rather "where you choose to be at all times." Do you really have a choice of ER if you have to stay within a couple miles of it at all times to make sure you'd always be taken there in an emergency?
5) etc.