>When you're having a heart attack, the last thing you're doing is shopping around for the best prices on heart attack emergency treatment. This is a tired, no

>When you're having a heart attack, the last thing you're doing is shopping around for the best prices on heart attack emergency treatment. This is a tired, nonsensical argument. The vast, vast majority of medical procedures are not last minute emergencies. Furthermore, with price transparency you will clearly be able to evaluate which hospitals may or may not be generally in your price range and choose a default to visit for an emergency (assuming you're not carted off in an ambulance). More importantly, this will absolutely force competition and some degree of price correction.