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How can we have a competitive marketplace? I’m not a doctor (and therefore cannot informed evaluate the services) and even if I was I can’t search for my prefer

How can we have a competitive marketplace? I’m not a doctor (and therefore cannot informed evaluate the services) and even if I was I can’t search for my preferred cardiologist when I’m having a heart attack.

arwhatever 1y ago
Is all of your healthcare 100% heart attacks?
- SamoyedFurFluff 1y ago
  But again I don’t have enough education to judge if my doctor is yanking my chain.
eviks 1y ago
You're not a mechanic, how can you evaluate the services be certain that they didn't oil your breaks instead of your engine? > can’t search for my preferred cardiologist when I’m having a heart attack. You can't search for your preferred mechanics when your breaks failed on a highway. Yet somehow that didn't kill the competitive marketplace.
- mattnewton 1y ago
  I can call a cab or get a replacement car from my insurance to drive around in, and I understand my body a whole lot less than my car. Demand for a car mechanic is nowhere near as inelastic as most of healthcare, so I don’t think this analogy really fits. At most it suggests that private markets can handle ambulances as well as we handle roadside towing.
- kstrauser 1y ago
  That’s a bad analogy. If my brakes fail, once I come to a stop there’s no urgency in getting them fixed. I can abandon the care if it’s a lemon. I can have it towed home. I can use Yelp to find a reasonable mechanic. I can rent another car until this one’s fixed. It’s the opposite of “every second counts”. Meanwhile, this is the only heart I have, and if it’s in danger of stopping, I have approximately seconds to call 911 to get someone to come take me to the repair shop of their choosing.
  - arwhatever 1y ago
    It could be said that you’re over-generalizing here. Arguing against any attempt at competitive healthcare pricing because medical emergencies exist is a bit throwing the baby out with the bath water.
    - kstrauser 1y ago
      I wasn’t arguing that. I was pointing out that this was a bad analogy.

arwhatever 1y ago

Is all of your healthcare 100% heart attacks?

SamoyedFurFluff 1y ago
But again I don’t have enough education to judge if my doctor is yanking my chain.

eviks 1y ago

You're not a mechanic, how can you evaluate the services be certain that they didn't oil your breaks instead of your engine? > can’t search for my preferred cardiologist when I’m having a heart attack. You can't search for your preferred mechanics when your breaks failed on a highway. Yet somehow that didn't kill the competitive marketplace.

mattnewton 1y ago
I can call a cab or get a replacement car from my insurance to drive around in, and I understand my body a whole lot less than my car. Demand for a car mechanic is nowhere near as inelastic as most of healthcare, so I don’t think this analogy really fits. At most it suggests that private markets can handle ambulances as well as we handle roadside towing.
kstrauser 1y ago
That’s a bad analogy. If my brakes fail, once I come to a stop there’s no urgency in getting them fixed. I can abandon the care if it’s a lemon. I can have it towed home. I can use Yelp to find a reasonable mechanic. I can rent another car until this one’s fixed. It’s the opposite of “every second counts”. Meanwhile, this is the only heart I have, and if it’s in danger of stopping, I have approximately seconds to call 911 to get someone to come take me to the repair shop of their choosing.
- arwhatever 1y ago
  It could be said that you’re over-generalizing here. Arguing against any attempt at competitive healthcare pricing because medical emergencies exist is a bit throwing the baby out with the bath water.
  - kstrauser 1y ago
    I wasn’t arguing that. I was pointing out that this was a bad analogy.