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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by Gibbon1 on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @07:51PM (#18721541)
The US has lots services that are provided by regulated monopolies. My garbage company, power company are all regulated monopolies. A key thing is you're required to have garbage and power service but the rates are negotiated by a public utilities commission or the city or county.

However Healthcare in the US isn't a regulated monopoly like that.

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by tokyodude on Thursday December 20, 2018 @12:51AM (#18722780)
And there was an entire thread about how those regulated monopolies are not working well. In particular PG&E in California.

I think it was this one

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18690916

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Re:What I learned from reading a thousand emergency room bills by Gibbon1 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @02:40AM (#18723132)
My point was just we do have regulated monopolies in the US. But healthcare in the US isn't a fully regulated monopoly.

I'll argue whatever PG&E problems are they don't rise at all to the level of healthcare. And their problems are due to poor regulation and the US's current terrible management culture.

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