Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule

Re:Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule by ddingus on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:21PM (#27518500)

Medical risks and unknowns are very high, and to make profit metrics, they need to push all risk onto the patient.

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Re:Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule by Spivak on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @09:25PM (#27523855)

If only there was a financial instrument I or the hospital could purchase where to amortize that risk over a long period of time by paying a fixed cost at some interval.

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Re:Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule by ddingus on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @10:42PM (#27524291)

And when everyone buys in, the costs and risks are well distributed. Makes sense for everyone, healthy or not.

After all, we are healthy, until we aren't.

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