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No, the author's argument is that this kind of negotiation is what ought to happen all the time; his example of brokenness is that insurance rules distort the m
by alex-g 13y ago
No, the author's argument is that this kind of negotiation is what ought to happen all the time; his example of brokenness is that insurance rules distort the marketplace and drive up prices. Far from objecting to haggling, he thinks it should happen more often. This is a fairly typical free-market argument. The parent post by munificent advances the counter-argument that patients are not always in a position to haggle over prices.
- Ensorceled 13y agoAh, I thought of the surgeon wanting a free market similar to car pricing. There's the MRSP that is high but not crazy; you can haggle but, overall, prices would go down so you wouldn't have to haggle in order not to die or go bankrupt ...