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Price transparency is pretty meaningless for ER care. Anything that is serious enough for an ER visit probably distracts you from making good economic choices,
by advisedwang 9y ago
Price transparency is pretty meaningless for ER care. Anything that is serious enough for an ER visit probably distracts you from making good economic choices, plus it's likely impractical to change ER (plus you'll pay for that ambulance ride!)
Further, it shouldn't be necessary for people to be making financial decisions in the middle of medical emergencies, even if it was easy.
- sigstoat 9y ago> Anything that is serious enough for an ER visit probably distracts you from making good economic choices, plus it's likely impractical to change ER (plus you'll pay for that ambulance ride!) there are all sorts of folks using ERs for non-emergency issues, simply because ERs are required to treat everyone. both of my trips to the ER (subluxed knee; particulate matter lodged in my eye) would've been amenable to at least a few moments of financial consideration, had any information been available to me.
- novia 9y agoIf the pricing was transparent you could factor in the potential costs when deciding where to live.