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> Relying on the patient to gauge what is fair pricing & what is gouging, then haggle when they get the bill... You're making a good argument against something
by BurningFrog 4y ago
> Relying on the patient to gauge what is fair pricing & what is gouging, then haggle when they get the bill...
You're making a good argument against something no one has proposed.
The point of this effort is to be able to know the cost of something before you buy it.
That's it!
How this can "seem like another way to put blame on the patient" is pretty incomprehensible.
- Klinky 4y agoSimply put "Couldn't afford the care? Should've shopped around!". It feels like a non-solution solution to access to healthcare. In theory it's great to have transparency, but in reality this is just pushing responsibility & complexity onto patients, all to continue a facade that market-based economic models work well for patient care & will magically drive down costs.
- BurningFrog 4y agoI honestly don't understand your point. Do you also consider stores having price information bad? Would it be better if I went to Target, picked what I wanted, and then got a bill with the surprising cost 3 weeks later? > It feels like a non-solution solution to access to healthcare. That's correct. It addresses a different problem.
- Klinky 4y agoDo you have years of medical & diagnostic coding experience along with medical training to properly interpret pricing data for a multitude of procedures with wide ranging scenarios? You're not going to Target to buy Cheerios here. Pricing transparency is a band-aid on the gaping wound that is US healthcare. More numbers to consider that may or may not apply based on your insurance policy & other factors. Let's also add some middle-men to aggregate and "find the best price".