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I've checked out the price lists from the hospitals in my area. They are useless. It's clearly a case of malicious compliance, and it seems to have been done un

I've checked out the price lists from the hospitals in my area. They are useless. It's clearly a case of malicious compliance, and it seems to have been done universally and consistently across different markets, suggesting a criminal conspiracy to evade the law. Hospitals are already dangerous to go to since either the hospital is not covered by any given insurance plan, or the doctors at the hospital are not covered. It's pretty much impossible to get taken to a hospital that actually accepts your insurance and be treated by doctors who also accept your insurance. This has been bifurcated so precisely that it also indicates an intentional and designed conspiracy.

rjtavares 8y ago
> It's clearly a case of malicious compliance, and it seems to have been done universally and consistently across different markets, suggesting a criminal conspiracy to evade the law. Do you really believe this is a conspiracy instead of, you know, healthcare is complicated and the US market isn't working? Knowing something about hospital pricing, I looked at Johns Hopkins Hospital pricing and it looked perfectly legible. Item pricing in healthcare is pretty useless, that's just how it is.
- smileysteve 8y ago
  > Do you really believe this is a conspiracy instead of, you know, healthcare is complicated and the US market isn't working? Yes -- and I think it's pretty well documented. Though less conspiracy and more regulatory capture. Between several insurance companies - patients, doctors, and hospitals - , "not for profit" ever expanding and state sponsored hospitals, medicare, lost bills, medical debt, and somewhere in this, medicare and medicaid.
  - rjtavares 8y ago
    Hence the "US market isn't working" part. None of that is new and it all explains perfectly why the price listings are useless. Which is why suggesting a criminal conspiracy to evade the price listing law is ridiculous.
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rjtavares 8y ago

> It's clearly a case of malicious compliance, and it seems to have been done universally and consistently across different markets, suggesting a criminal conspiracy to evade the law. Do you really believe this is a conspiracy instead of, you know, healthcare is complicated and the US market isn't working? Knowing something about hospital pricing, I looked at Johns Hopkins Hospital pricing and it looked perfectly legible. Item pricing in healthcare is pretty useless, that's just how it is.

smileysteve 8y ago
> Do you really believe this is a conspiracy instead of, you know, healthcare is complicated and the US market isn't working? Yes -- and I think it's pretty well documented. Though less conspiracy and more regulatory capture. Between several insurance companies - patients, doctors, and hospitals - , "not for profit" ever expanding and state sponsored hospitals, medicare, lost bills, medical debt, and somewhere in this, medicare and medicaid.
- rjtavares 8y ago
  Hence the "US market isn't working" part. None of that is new and it all explains perfectly why the price listings are useless. Which is why suggesting a criminal conspiracy to evade the price listing law is ridiculous.

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