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somsai

(121 posts)
5. More than that
Fri Feb 28, 2025, 10:36 AM
Feb 2025

Move us out of the for profit system, and I don't mean thinly disguised non profits either.

As long as it's in someone's interest to make a profit off of overcharging, denying care, or giving unneeded care, health care will still cost double and triple what it ought to.

A start they could do today that would cost nothing would be transparent pricing, just like in other countries. A set price each hospital charges for typical services. Why can I go online and find the cost of a quadruple bypass in India and Thailand but not in the US?

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