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We want consumers to consider cost when evaluating what services to buy, though. That's a feature. The medical emergency debt statistic is just the usual thing
by loeg 2mo ago
We want consumers to consider cost when evaluating what services to buy, though. That's a feature.
The medical emergency debt statistic is just the usual thing of people not really understanding how medical insurance works.
- t-writescode 2mo agoWhen I’m having a heart attack, or when I’m in anaphylactic shock - you know, some of the most expensive procedures that happen - I’ll make sure to confirm the ambulance is in network, the hospital, the specific first ER doctor, the specialist, the surgeon, the lab, the lab techs, the anesthesiologists and so on, while I’m either unconscious or actively dying.
- SoftTalker 2mo agoEvery insurance plan I've ever had makes exceptions to the in-network requiremnts for emergencies like that.
- t-writescode 2mo agoI’m glad that’s worked out for you. Not everyone has good plans.
- bayarearefugee 2mo ago> We want consumers to consider cost when evaluating what services to buy, though. A lot of medical care involves inelastic demand because your options are 1) pay this or 2) suffer and/or die. "The market" does not function correctly with inelastic demand curves. Yet another reason to socialize healthcare.
- nijave 2mo agoThis is the crux. Capitalism doesn't work here and a fair bit of people like to pretend it does. Then there's the people who bemoan "paying for someone else's healthcare" while completely ignoring that's what they're doing in the current system anyway.