I always chime in to say that mixing capitalism with human morbidity and mortality always results in a sort of macabre humor. If you can't get a price for a se

I always chime in to say that mixing capitalism with human morbidity and mortality always results in a sort of macabre humor. If you can't get a price for a service upfront, then you can't know whether or not you can afford that service. And if your life literally depends on that service, then what is the elasticity of demand? The stakes aren't always so high, but sometimes they are, and even in low-stakes situations, like trying to get an x-ray, no one can ever tell me what it's going to cost; they look at me like I'm stupid for asking.