Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S.

Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by bborud on Thursday January 03, 2019 @10:10AM (#18815628)

So how do you explain that getting treated at private hospitals (on your own dime) in Norway is cheaper than in the US?

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Re:Hospital prices are about to go public in the U.S. by conanbatt on Friday January 04, 2019 @01:56AM (#18822441)

That private healthcare in the us is heavily and negatively affected by regulation.

US has.. - a very low doc/population count, due to the artificial constraints of medical licensing and immigration law.

- a draconian FDA process for drugs and an unreasonable patent application to drugs.

- An incredibly distortive public service implementation (Medicare) that provokes cost-shifting (by paying below cost), that creates heavy admin burden (fee-for-service), and that overpays specialties and punishes primary care (fix reimbursement fees in multiples for specialties, giving a very low primary care doc count)

- An incredibly distortive tax credit for the wealthier to spend on healthcare (the richer you are, the more tax effective it is to get better insurance through your employer)

- A free-market abolishing regulation requirement: tying healthcare provider to employer.

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