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Trivial. Tax the top 1 percent at least 75 percent for about 2 trillian or more once you close off loopholes, ban insurance companies altogether and make hospit
by bitJericho 9y ago
Trivial. Tax the top 1 percent at least 75 percent for about 2 trillian or more once you close off loopholes, ban insurance companies altogether and make hospitals publish their prices, and require estimates for any work to be done, and you suddenly have a balanced budget.
- prostoalex 9y ago> make hospitals publish their prices They already do http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/Chargemaster/ http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/Chargemaster/ > ban insurance companies So lose the negotiating advantage and be forced to haggle on prices on a case-by-case basis?
- bitJericho 9y agoWho haggles for anything besides cars in the us? Publish pricing and give estimates, shop around.
- prostoalex 9y agoSo to recap, the key to lowering prices in healthcare is (a) strip consumers of negotiating power (b) not try to haggle the prices down when providers consistently try to raise them?
- bitJericho 9y agoNobody is haggling the prices down. Prices are skyrocketing.
- prostoalex 9y agoInsurance companies do. But your proposal seems to do away with them in order to lower the prices. I am trying to understand the mechanism.
- bitJericho 9y agoThe mechanism is open competition. Right now hospitals and clinics don't have to give you a price for their services, and you have to pay them whatever they ask for. It should work just like a mechanic or a lawyer, you are told the fee, you pay it, you get service. Don't like the price up front? Shop around.
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