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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by conanbatt on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @03:16AM (#25504121)
So you think that farmers sell corn at the prices because they fear they will get robbed or plundered otherwise, but hospitals fear no plunder?
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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by three14 on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @06:17AM (#25505142)
No. I think I covered that with "the markets are so large that it's usually hard for a supplier to form a monopoly or a few to form oligopoly."
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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by conanbatt on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:19PM (#25508649)
Healthcare market is really big as well. Why is it easy to build a monopoly there?
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Re:Congress is set to ban most surprise medical bills by arcticbull on Tuesday December 22, 2020 @12:38PM (#25508892)
It's really not. Generally you're limited to two or three insurance providers in a state and in range of your car accident, about one hospital.
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