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We saw what happened to airlines when they allowed 'comparison shopping' and internet search engines did that for us. Ugh. I'd much rather not have the same thi
by anovikov 7y ago
We saw what happened to airlines when they allowed 'comparison shopping' and internet search engines did that for us. Ugh. I'd much rather not have the same thing happen with hospitals. For that matter, i'd much rather remove it back for airlines too, as would every middle class passenger (someone who isn't bothered by extra $30 in ticket price, but can't yet afford a private jet).
I already see people thrown out of ER room handcuffed because someone with a loyalty card of a higher priority level called in :)
- amanaplanacanal 7y agoExtra $30? Prices were a lot more expensive than that. Ticket prices are about half what they were in 1979.
- anovikov 7y agoIf you guarantee me 32'' pitch on all flights, 50lb of check in luggage, ability to change and return any ticket, any time, and good food and wine on every flight in economy, i sign to pay 2x. After all, we have more or less this in premium economy when you have it on the flight (unfortunately it's on just a few, and business is, too drying up), and it's MORE than 2x more expensive. What airlines have become is just an insult to the human dignity. No industry should operate that way. If you are concerned with what comparison shopping, price optimized on the Internet, and free competition done to the taxi drivers, turning them into precarious, powerless and poor Uberists, why aren't you concerned with the 'demand side' of the same problem? Much less healthcare. I'd absolutely hate to get any treatment in a system which is 'optimized' in the similar manner.