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We have obviously routed out a LOT of fraud by forcing the auto repair industry to change its practices to inspect -> quote -> customer decision. I guess the q
by rhacker 7y ago
We have obviously routed out a LOT of fraud by forcing the auto repair industry to change its practices to inspect -> quote -> customer decision.
I guess the question becomes this - is there so much fraud in this industry that we need to do this change?
Even if it's NOT fraud, have hospitals simply become used to charging anything they want because they have no competition?
- AlexandrB 7y agoThe problem is you can't inspect -> quote -> customer decision with someone who's having a heart attack. Even if the person is lucid, they are unlikely to say no to any price if they're at death's door. No amount of competition changes the simple fact that health care is not a fungible service. CPR at facility A can't be exchanged for CPR at facility B if B is even a few minutes away. Combined with the emotional state most patients are in (something other industries, like mortuaries, prey on as well) and you have a recipe for gouging even under ideal competitive regulations.
- rhacker 7y agoI don't see a problem with ambulance coming in -> charge them to the moon because if we don't do what we're going to do, they are going to die. There's a problem with applying that logic to - hey I have a pain in my hand because I was rowing a boat today without warming up. Take this 800mg Ibuprofen. 3 months later $800. (So that's a true experience with my wife and rowing a boat)