> At least when it comes to ERs transparency isn’t exactly useful. Most people don’t have time to go shopping around between them, all transparency does this l

> At least when it comes to ERs transparency isn’t exactly useful. Most people don’t have time to go shopping around between them, all transparency does this let you know you’re being billed $1700 for a Band-Aid instead of billing code B736.21. Exactly! I link to an answer I wrote about this here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18108870 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18108870 Direct link: https://www.quora.com/Would-a-completely-free-market-healthcare-system-with-zero-government-involvement-and-no-subsidies-for-anyone-work-better-in-the-long-run https://www.quora.com/Would-a-completely-free-market-healthc...