Re:Most hospitals aren't complying with price transparency rule
by jollybean on Tuesday June 15, 2021 @03:23PM
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It's worth mentioning this is not a fraud deigned by the doctor per say.
They are removed from all of that, and don't care about prices. It's beyond them.
So they just give you a number.
Because there is this big 'goodwill' aspect to healthcare, the professions don't think about it as capitalist, but the hospital is actually pretty aggressive and take advantage of the goodwill aspect.
The US needs a massive overhaul there and it's not about socialism or capitalism, but about simple and hard regulations.
They are removed from all of that, and don't care about prices. It's beyond them.
So they just give you a number.
Because there is this big 'goodwill' aspect to healthcare, the professions don't think about it as capitalist, but the hospital is actually pretty aggressive and take advantage of the goodwill aspect.
The US needs a massive overhaul there and it's not about socialism or capitalism, but about simple and hard regulations.