Re:Leaked Scripps records reveal automated mark-ups for hosp...
by tynpeddler on Friday December 10, 2021 @07:43PM
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Spending for emergency health care is between 2%-7% of total US health care spending depending on who you ask. It's an important consideration of course, but the vast majority of health care can exist in a market to one extent or another.
A person who had a stroke is not going to be evaluating offers from various surgeons. Nor are 99% of people going to know what healthcare they need or don’t need.
That is the service a managed care organization provided (aka insurance company).