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Re:The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that le... by trixie_ on Saturday November 20, 2021 @08:31AM (#29287895)
The free market didn’t make your operation 75k. The government giving a blank check to hospitals and the lack of price transparency did that. Both are as far from the ‘free market’ as you can get.
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Re:The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that le... by nameunimportant on Sunday November 21, 2021 @10:51AM (#29297063)
Sure, whatever. Shit doesn't happen in socialized countries. The only libertarian countries that ever exist are that short vacuum of power when a banana republic dictator fails and the new warlords haven't chosen a new dictator. But yeah, sure, can't criticize something that doesn't exist. Good argument strategy.
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