Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by jokethrowaway on Thursday February 25, 2021 @01:13PM
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You still have a choice between competing hospitals / doctors in a system where prices are not inflated for insurances' catalogues.
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by TimBurr on Thursday February 25, 2021 @03:06PM
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That would be true iff prices were disclosed upfront and the pricing model was clear. I had a hospital experience recently where the surgeon provided one bill, the hospital a second, and the anesthesiologist a third.
Only the surgeon's pricing was available ahead of time. The hospital provided an invoice at the time of surgery, marked as "SUBJECT TO CHANGE". The anesthesiologist himself didn't know how much his services would cost.
Three weeks later, we're still watching invoices and insurance claims roll in.
Medical tourism is a direct testament to inflated charges as a systematic problem. Finding a hospital with non-inflated costs requires crossing international borders.
Re:Amazon Sends ‘Vote No’ Instructions to Unionizing Employees
by shirakawasuna on Thursday February 25, 2021 @02:36PM
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The best time to shop around for the best deal is after you've been hit by a car and are having trouble breathing.
Healthcare is an area where market forces are inherently perverted because people often don't have a choice of not buying the service. This is why every sensible country uses a socialized system instead. Not only does it provide better service, but without the perverse market incentives and multiple layers of middlemen infesting the system it is much less expensive.