I've had a surgery recently and asking for prices and getting straight answers was very difficult. Its a valid point though, if i can not get a straight answer about what the price of a medical procedure is going to be how can i ever shop around or decide, no i am not willing to have the procedure done for a certain price, but if the price is lower yes i am willing to have the procedure done. Insurance destroys price transparency to customers in the healthcare market.
That is a horrible argument. We buy things everyday that we aren't expers of. When people have major surgery, many of them shop around and get second opinions and what have you. In a gov't run health care system, there is no shopping around. You are given what politicians choose to give you (which is more likely to be the cost-cutting route). You may not know a lot about cars, but you still have to trust someone to fix it. Nobody is shouting for gov't run auto repair. How arrogant.
I've had a surgery recently and asking for prices and getting straight answers was very difficult. Its a valid point though, if i can not get a straight answer about what the price of a medical procedure is going to be how can i ever shop around or decide, no i am not willing to have the procedure done for a certain price, but if the price is lower yes i am willing to have the procedure done. Insurance destroys price transparency to customers in the healthcare market.
otheostrich 3 months ago
That is a horrible argument. We buy things everyday that we aren't expers of. When people have major surgery, many of them shop around and get second opinions and what have you. In a gov't run health care system, there is no shopping around. You are given what politicians choose to give you (which is more likely to be the cost-cutting route). You may not know a lot about cars, but you still have to trust someone to fix it. Nobody is shouting for gov't run auto repair. How arrogant.
dachickenman 2 years ago