U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018)

Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @12:55PM (#20346159)

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.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by Ididntdothis on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:23PM (#20346410)

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.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @01:31PM (#20346493)

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.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by Ididntdothis on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:19PM (#20347006)

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.

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Re:U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday July 03, 2019 @02:57PM (#20347463)

"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.

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