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Show HN: US Hospitals Pricing Comparison

• Immortalin 8y ago
  Just started the project, please feel free to send a pull request for your hospital.
  • singron 8y ago
    Why have a custom contribution agreement rather than just using the contribution agreement built in to the apache v2?
    • deleted 8y ago
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    • Immortalin 8y ago
      Company policy
• pascalxus 8y ago
  Getting pricing information on hospitals is a good start and encouraging lower prices is good thing as well. In addition, what we really need to get those insurance premiums down, is insurance programs that can selectively only cover cost effective treatment programs as well as legislation that protects people from overzealous hospitals that try to provide overly expensive treatment options.
• _salmon 8y ago
  Is there a reason this project isn't just an open-source website as opposed to a Python project?
  • Immortalin 8y ago
    Because you have to scrape all the hospitals in the US?
    • _salmon 8y ago
      https://data.medicare.gov/data/hospital-compare https://data.medicare.gov/data/hospital-compare
      • Immortalin 8y ago
        Ooh thanks!
• viyu 8y ago
  Good start, but we need more (and deeper) initiatives like this.