I feel this really underplays the proper way to purchase health care, the importance of relationships and the quality of having great providers. I would compar

I feel this really underplays the proper way to purchase health care, the importance of relationships and the quality of having great providers. I would compare this to my first dog vs my next dogs. The first dog I took him to the low cost clinic to get shots and did minimal cheap health care for him. But as he got older, it became clear that when you start having complications you need to see the same person and you can’t just skate by with different vendors and there is a lot of value to being seen repeatedly by the really highly qualified person as you get older or know where to go if you have an emergency. It’s totally true that you can negotiate and find cheaper prices on things, but like the best veterinarians, the best doctors generally accept the top quality healthcare usually BCBS and aren’t going to discuss or negotiate price with you. They didn’t spend a decade in medical school to deliver transparent billing. I’m all for transparent billing and think it should exist, but my health is too important to try to fight some philosophical price battle and I want the best.