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Re:Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule by fallingknife on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @01:32PM (#27518657)
But a hospital doesn't do 1 surgery, they do thousands. So that one 10x doesn't really change the average cost very much. This is just an excuse by the hospital.
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Re:Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule by SilasX on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @02:40PM (#27519671)
Exactly. Every other industry in existence is able to package up and manage the outlier risk, but somehow, here, it’s “different”.
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