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What free market? What prices? Free market from price shopping you say? You got hit riding your bike and are bleeding profusely from your abdomen. The ambulanc
by acchow 13y ago
What free market? What prices? Free market from price shopping you say?
You got hit riding your bike and are bleeding profusely from your abdomen. The ambulance driver asks, "There's a hospital 6 minutes away but they don't post their prices publicly (who does?) and we've never brought anyone of your condition there before. We think it will probably cost between $500-$10,000. But there's a hospital 45 minutes away that we know for sure will cost $400-$800. What do you want us to do?"
Let's suppose the government mandates that all hospitals must post their prices publicly. But you're bleeding to death. Can you really go shopping now?
- anonymoushn 13y agoA large majority of medical care is not for people in imminent danger of dying. Even procedures for people with the time to shop around are vastly overpriced and do not have prices posted publicly.