05-08-2013, 04:12 PM
Yes, I highly recommend these articles, the most detailed so far are in the Washington Post. HuffPo and NYTimes also have it.
Note how much more for-profit hospitals are charging for the same procedures, in the same area. Sometimes the hospitals are just across the street from each other, with wildly different prices. What other expensive service would we consume and have no idea ahead of time what the charge was, or how much competitors charged?
The ugly truth is that we do NOT have a free market health care system, not even close. We have a system that abuses both the consumers and the providers, in the name of profit.
Note how much more for-profit hospitals are charging for the same procedures, in the same area. Sometimes the hospitals are just across the street from each other, with wildly different prices. What other expensive service would we consume and have no idea ahead of time what the charge was, or how much competitors charged?
The ugly truth is that we do NOT have a free market health care system, not even close. We have a system that abuses both the consumers and the providers, in the name of profit.