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If outrageous healthcare costs were only kicking in for life-or-death emergencies then you might have a point. Healthcare costs across the board - except in un
by crusso 9y ago
If outrageous healthcare costs were only kicking in for life-or-death emergencies then you might have a point.
Healthcare costs across the board - except in unregulated, uninsured spheres like plastic surgery, lasik, etc. - are extraordinarily high.
- tertius 9y agoThe point he's making is that it's only unfeasible to negotiate when you need treatment this minute. Therefore a free market system is feasible for everything else. Not that it's what we currently have as you point out.
- mattkrause 9y agoEven there though.... Do you think (or the average person) knows enough to shop around? This stuff is complicated! I'm not sure I could make a rational decision between treatments that have different prices, but also different likelihoods of success, side effect profiles, and all that. This is even more complicated when you're paying for a diagnosis too, rather than just a treatment. Lasik and plastic surgery are interesting because they're essentially commodities and the patient can easily evaluate the results themselves.
- tertius 9y ago> Do you think (or the average person) knows enough to shop around? Do I think that education surrounding general health has diminished. I feel very strongly about this. There should not be as large of a chasm between my knowledge or ability to diagnose (i.e. is something serious enough to go to the doctor for) and the knowledge of a doctor/PA etc. But yes, the average person deals with market economics every day and they're certainly smart enough to make decisions there. > Lasik and plastic surgery So are office visits, annuals, screenings, minor procedures (think stitches to Tonsillectomy). I.e. the bulk of medical service.