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A comment on Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Prices in Health Care. Parent comment

Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by PeterisP on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @12:11PM (#20275658)
While urgent care is a significant part of total medical expenses, it's not that large part - the vast majority of really expensive procedures are scheduled well in advance, and doing price comparison would be quite feasible if the institutions would allow that.
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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by craftinator on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @12:30PM (#20275886)
In practice I've found that to be incorrect. Prices quoted to me are either wildly inaccurate, or end up being the minor percentage of the total cost.
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Re:Trump Signs Executive Order Compelling Disclosure of Pric... by PeterisP on Tuesday June 25, 2019 @12:44PM (#20276077)
That's the "if institutions would allow that" part. Or, more accurately, if institutions would get legally forced to allow that. We didn't get price transparency and limits for ridiculously lying advertising in other consumer markets just by sheer goodwill of merchants, it required legal mandate and enforcement of it.
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