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Re:Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients... by jgeada on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:02PM (#25825243)
> In Germany I suspect they'd not be allowed to book appointments anymore or would require a gatekeeping referral.

This is the kind of comment that immediately classifies the commenter as never having lived outside the US and/or not reading anything but US news sources. And with the wilful blindness to how exactly those gatekeeping referrals are present in most every single healthcare plan in the US.

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Re:Show HN: Compare prices that US hospitals charge patients... by marcinzm on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:20PM (#25826129)
>And with the wilful blindness to how exactly those gatekeeping referrals are present in most every single healthcare plan in the US.

This is only required by HMO plans which cover around 40% of the US population. PPO plans don't have such a requirement.

So please don't call other people willfully blind when you yourself make broad factually incorrect statements. Pot please meet kettle.

edit: Also my statements about Germany are based on comments Germans have made on hacker news regarding their own health plans. So you should really go yell at those Germans for not knowing how their own health system works.

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