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>>>>>That is for profit healthcare for you. Costs guaranteed to grow at DJI rates. Not true. The Surgical Center of Oklahoma, a purely for profit clinic that
by IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
>>>>>That is for profit healthcare for you. Costs guaranteed to grow at DJI rates.
Not true. The Surgical Center of Oklahoma, a purely for profit clinic that does not take insurance, has not raised the rates for any of their services since 1995.
Yes, they have not raised rates...despite inflation
That's true profit healthcare.
What we have is a monster hybrid between government healthcare and subsidized, monopoly care
- triceratops 4y agoUnfortunately no one is lobbying for a truly free market in healthcare. For instance, at all the supply-side restrictions on new physicians and hospitals. Limited residency spots, certificates of need whatever. Ideally the party in opposition to government-funded healthcare would do this.
- gruez 4y ago>Not true. The Surgical Center of Oklahoma, a purely for profit clinic that does not take insurance, has not raised the rates for any of their services since 1995. Source?
- IG_Semmelweiss 4y agohttps://mises.org/wire/why-arent-there-more-free-market-surgery-centers-and-clinics https://mises.org/wire/why-arent-there-more-free-market-surg...
- gruez 4y agoThis portion of the linked article seems to contradict your claim of "has not raised the rates for any of their services since 1995" >Had the pathology fees that apply to the examination of breast masses not increased, our price would be the same now as it was in 1997, but alas it is now $2,365. Only three other fees have increased since we began quoting them over the phone in 1997. That said, I'll admit that the claim is broadly true.
- kurthr 4y agoWell, I'm not sure I buy it, and the actual date is 1997, but here is the story on Mises.org from 2021. https://mises.org/wire/why-arent-there-more-free-market-surgery-centers-and-clinics https://mises.org/wire/why-arent-there-more-free-market-surg...