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Re:A Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1k by BurningFrog on Thursday May 02, 2019 @11:17PM (#19815221)
Yeah, the moment you have a heart attack is not the time to start comparison shop. This is the argument everyone always brings up all the time, because it's so obvious.

An because it's so obvious, people will want to be prepared for it. By having insurance (real insurance, not the bizarre "health insurance" construct we have today), or subscribing to some service like you do for when you car breaks down etc.

I'm not sure what exactly would happen, but I'm certain it won't be that people will just never think about this until they all, one by one, have a medical emergency and have to unexpectedly pick a hospital on the spot.

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Re:A Common Blood Test Can Cost $11 or Almost $1k by dragonsngoblins on Thursday May 09, 2019 @03:02AM (#19866016)
Right, but what I'm saying is even if I did my comparison shopping before hand it doesn't matter because unless I stay within a certain radius of the hospital I've chosen I can't then it is kind of moot.

Because if hospital B isn't my choice but I'm closer to it when the emergency happens I am going to hospital B

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