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It's not capitalist though, is it? The reason that hospitals can bill arbitrary amounts retroactively is because the government allows them to. The reason that
by underwater 7y ago
It's not capitalist though, is it? The reason that hospitals can bill arbitrary amounts retroactively is because the government allows them to. The reason that there isn't strong competition between vendors is again because of government intervention.
- JadeNB 7y ago> It's not capitalist though, is it? The reason that hospitals can bill arbitrary amounts retroactively is because the government allows them to. The reason that there isn't strong competition between vendors is again because of government intervention. I think it's the opposite–yes, the government does allow this sort of behaviour, but that's because the health-care-adjacent parasites lobby so furiously against any efforts to stop it. It's scarcely the government stepping in to ensure this sort of banditry (why would they, when government officials don't benefit from it?).