> Clearly there is room for competition to reduce costs Unless you know the average outcomes and standard deviations choosing procedures based on cost is subop

> Clearly there is room for competition to reduce costs Unless you know the average outcomes and standard deviations choosing procedures based on cost is suboptimal. I've never met a pre-op individual that knew how to properly choose LASIK procedures. They all use price signaling and word of mouth from post-ops. The same is true for me in medical areas where I do not have expertise. I think that reducing procedure selection to cost and expecting competition to fix it is an error.