5% Electronic Fee: Millions Netted by Middlemen from Patients Payment to Doctors

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Re: 5% Electronic Fee: Millions Netted by Middlemen from Patients Payment to Doctors

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Post by toomuchtodo » Wed, Aug 16, 2023, 12:34 AM UTC

maerF0x0 wrote: post #10

ivalm wrote: post #6

Payment convenience fees are evil. Just a way to hide markup.

IMO all of these bullshit fees are just a lack of competition in plain sight. The only fix I can think of is to simply refuse to pay them, either by not buying them that way, or by only patronizing businesses without them. - Resort fees in vegas - Amenity and other fees on top of rent - "convenience" fee on movie/event/concert tickets The only sort of regulation that I can think of that might address this is to make…

Regulation is coming. Find a junk fee? Report it to the FTC.

https://www.ftc.gov/media/71268

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases...

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-expands-war-jun...

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/03/21/...

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2023/02/21/did...

Re: 5% Electronic Fee: Millions Netted by Middlemen from Patients Payment to Doctors

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Post by maerF0x0 » Wed, Aug 23, 2023, 8:01 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #11

maerF0x0 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

IMO all of these bullshit fees are just a lack of competition in plain sight. The only fix I can think of is to simply refuse to pay them, either by not buying them that way, or by only patronizing businesses without them. - Resort fees in vegas - Amenity and other fees on top of rent - "convenience" fee on movie/event/concert tickets The only sort of regulation that I can think of that might address this is to make…

Regulation is coming. Find a junk fee? Report it to the FTC. https://www.ftc.gov/media/71268 https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases... https://www.reuters.com/world/us/white-house-expands-war-jun... https://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-materials/2023/03/21/... https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/12/... https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2023/02/21/did...

Done.

Captured consumers is another one. IMO unless it's part of the advertised price, it must be optional. If they cannot remove it they should have to waive it, by law.

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