>The solution is to make the consumer participate in driving costs down. The insurance companies and hospitals do not want this, and they seem to prefer to hav

>The solution is to make the consumer participate in driving costs down. The insurance companies and hospitals do not want this, and they seem to prefer to have large administrative bureaucracies and collude on pricing. I'm glad there are many comments making the point about price transparency and competition. Edit: Just found this somewhat recent article: "those indecipherable medical bills theyre one reason health care costs so much" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/magazine/those-indecipherable-medical-bills-theyre-one-reason-health-care-costs-so-much.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/magazine/those-indecipher...