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Which is interesting because presumably if they didn't charge you it would shatter the placebo effect. I wonder if cost of the procedure actually impacts the ef
by nkrisc 8y ago
Which is interesting because presumably if they didn't charge you it would shatter the placebo effect. I wonder if cost of the procedure actually impacts the efficacy of the placebo?
- CiPHPerCoder 8y agoSane middleground: "We did procedure X, but your insurance covered all of it."
- InitialLastName 8y agoNobody sane would ever believe that.
- dragonwriter 8y agoAnyone with a decent HMO would, for broad classes of procedures.
- yesenadam 8y agoI'm guessing you're in the US.
- soperj 8y agoNobody in the Western world outside the US would have any reason to question it.
- wlesieutre 8y agohttps://www.marketplace.org/2015/03/03/health-care/how-cost-drug-impacts-placebo-effect https://www.marketplace.org/2015/03/03/health-care/how-cost-...
- viggity 8y agothis is a small study - but yes, it appears that way https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25632091 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25632091
- njarboe 8y agoThey are still providing a service and even pills with starch in them cost something to make. I don't see any reason the doctor and hospital shouldn't charge.