What Happens When Doctors Only Take Cash (2017)
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#2Need surgery? Here are the prices:
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#3Bahahahahahah oh my fucking god $19,000 for a surgery. Holy fuck. God and that's supposed to be the cheap reasonable choice. Holy shit. God I love living in a country where if I need a knee replacement I go to the hospital and they do it and then I walk out and the healthcare I pay less than $100 a month for covers it. Sure am glad I don't live in some third world shithole like the one described in the article.
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#4Need surgery? Here are the prices: https://surgerycenterok.com/pricing/
A price list like this should be mandatory for all doctors.
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#5I think it's an important reminder that markets need some level of transparency to function. And perhaps that relatively simple regulation (like a requirement to publish the prices -- or in other areas the first sale doctrine) might be the best regulation where feasible....
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#6Need surgery? Here are the prices: https://surgerycenterok.com/pricing/
Article says:
..that price would include everything from airfare to the organization's only facility..
Lodging and travel expenses are not included in the price of the procedures.
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#7I think it's an important reminder that markets need some level of transparency to function. And perhaps that relatively simple regulation (like a requirement to publish the prices -- or in other areas the first sale doctrine) might be the best regulation where feasible....
This is a very interesting case, but I'd be cautious about it. Its not that the surgery that costs 60k, will cost 16k if you don't have administrative staff.
Its true administration is a huge expense, but I doubt it can make medical care cost 1/4.
Also healthcare services can never be "all round service" because any complication could mean a million things from scans to medication. Even on primary care you cant really promise to give 100% service for a fixed fee without ending up working like an insurance.
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#8Need surgery? Here are the prices: https://surgerycenterok.com/pricing/
Article says: ..that price would include everything from airfare to the organization's only facility.. Their own pricing disclaimer says otherwise: Lodging and travel expenses are not included in the price of the procedures. There seems to be a huge host of pricing disclaimers for every procedure, such as pre-screening and MRIs not included, etc. thus making the article's claim that "the all-inclusive price for every…
Its pretty ridiculous to have a single fee that includes airfare, doctor's are not travel agents...
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#9That would be a problem, I can't even withdraw more than €1000 from an ATM. Most of my transactions are plastic or digital, like 99%.
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#10That would be a problem, I can't even withdraw more than €1000 from an ATM. Most of my transactions are plastic or digital, like 99%.
You should maybe read the article then since it's about something else.