> A delusional wishful thinking that a patient, while in pain and in need to care, will be shopping and browsing around to see prices, and that would drive pric

> A delusional wishful thinking that a patient, while in pain and in need to care, will be shopping and browsing around to see prices, and that would drive prices down. Are you kidding me? If a patient is in so much pain that they can't make rational decisions about their care or feel that their care is urgent enough that they don't have time to look at prices, they should probably be in the ER anyway. For the 95% of patients not in this situation, having tangible pricing will be beneficial. Furthermore, for patients in seriously debilitating conditions, many have caregivers that can look into procedure finances.