Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills

Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by conanbatt on Monday December 21, 2020 @09:27PM (#25502200)

A handy guide to check if healthcare is a free market:

1) Can you buy medicine from whoever sells it cheapest?

2) Can you hire the healthcare provider you want?

3) Are you financially punished for choosing your own health insurance?

4) Can you opt-out of government health services?

5) Can you waiver or partially waiver your right to sue the medical professional in exchange for cheaper services?

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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by nickpp on Thursday December 24, 2020 @05:03AM (#25526296)

Also don’t forget the supply side: Can you open a healthcare service? Hospital? Medicine factory? If you actually have the required knowledge, how fast can you get the certifications to work as a healthcare provider?

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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by 8note on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @11:23AM (#25507875)

6) can you pay any odd person off the street to open you up and take out your appendix?

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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by conanbatt on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @01:58PM (#25509790)

What a nice world that would be, wouldn't it.

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