Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:55PM
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None of this addresses the point- even if you have price transparency and one price for the same service, you are not educated enough to select services you need. Doubly so if an emergency happens.
Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by Ididntdothis on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:23PM
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There are plenty of situations where you know what you need and you could shop for prices if it was possible to get any reliable prices. At a minimum transparency would make it obvious to the public how crazy the pricing practices are.
I agree about emergency situations.
Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:31PM
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If I go for routine bloodwork do I know exactly what bloodwork to order for, or the codes to request? Do I know when to discern between MRI, Xray, or ultrasound diagnostic? I find this hard to believe.
Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by Ididntdothis on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:19PM
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Often your doctor tells you what tests they want and then you go to some center where they perform the tests. It's pretty predictable in many cases.
Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)
by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:57PM
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"Often your doctor tells you what tests they want"
This is the exact point- you do not have the education to shop because you don't even know what you need to be shopping for.
- Price transparency
- One price for the same service. The practice of charging $500 to the insurance but $10000 to the uninsured needs to stop. Maybe it's fine to vary by a few percent but there is no other market where the same product costs 20x more depending on who pays. If the excuse is that this is to compensate for non payers then let's pay for this from a separate pot.